SoftBank, Facebook, and Amazon commit to 8,700-mile transpacific subsea cable system

Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank is joining forces with Facebook, Amazon, and a number of other technology companies to build a new 14,000 km (8,700 mile) transpacific subsea cable connecting Asia with North America.
The Jupiter cable system will have two landing points in Japan — at Shima in the Mie prefecture and at Maruyama in the Chiba prefecture  — as well as one at Daet in the Philippines and one near Los Angeles in the U.S.
Above: Jupiter Cable System: Route moc