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 North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''no ...

linking the United States and Japan. It has landing points in: * Shima,

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, Japan *

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, Japan * Kitaibaraki,

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, Japan * Mākaha,

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, Hawaii, United States * Point Arena,

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, California, United States *

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, 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. It was upgraded to be capable of 1.28 Tbit/s operation in March 2008.

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* * * * {{Submarine communications cables in the Pacific Ocean Submarine communications cables in the Pacific Ocean Mendocino County, California Japan–United States relations 2001 establishments in California 2001 establishments in Hawaii 2001 establishments in Japan

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