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Japan-US (or Japan-US Cable Network – JUSCN or JUCN or J-US or JUS) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the North Pacific Ocean linking the United States and Japan. It has landing points in:

Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Maruyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Mākaha, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Point Arena, Manchester, Mendocino County, California, United States
Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, United States

It has a design transmission capacity of 640 Gbit/s, starting operation at 80 Gbit/s and a total cable length of 21,000 km. It started operation in August 2001.^[1] It was upgraded to be capable of 1.28 Tbit/s operation in March 2008.

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"Fujitsu Completes Upgrade of Japan-US Cable Network". Retrieved October 17, 2008.

^ "KDD, NTTWN and Japan Telecom to Sign Japan-U.S. Cable Network Construction and Maintenance Agreement". Press Release. KDD, NTTWN. Retrieved April 22, 2011.

Submarine communications cables in the Pacific Ocean

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