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A ship lays undersea fiber-optic cable off a beach near Bilbao, Spain, linking Europe and the U.S.

COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing

Jun 24, 2026

Japan lays the groundwork for submarine cable resilience

Fiber-optic cables carry nearly all the world’s data between continents.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.

What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival

By Alex K.T. Martin

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