Invisible threats: Japan searches for ways to exclude China from key infrastructure.
I would like tentatively to share the contents of the article in The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Japan News, dated February 27, 2022.
The importance of communications infrastructure was recently highlighted when an undersea volcano erupted in the South Pacific. Not only did the eruption affect Tonga aboveground, but it severed an undersea fiber-optic cable, making it difficult for the outside world to quickly determine the extent of damage and provide assistance.