Far below the ocean’s surface, long cables stretch between countries and continents. These are not ordinary cables—people call them undersea or submarine cables and use them to send digital ...

Japan has joined Australia and the United States in an undersea cable project that will connect island nations in East Micronesia. The $95 million project aims to combat China’s efforts in growing its ...

Given its geography as an island nation, 99 percent of Japan’s communications depend on subsea cables. Perhaps as a natural consequence, Japan is a significant player in the subsea cable industry, ...