🇯🇵Japan’s communications ministry plans $630 million in fiscal 2027 support for purchasing three to five undersea-cable ships.

Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications plans to seek $630 million to support the purchase of undersea-cable ships. The proposed support covers the acquisition of three to five vessels.

The ministry plans to include the associated expenditures in its fiscal 2027 budget request. That request was due at the end of August, making the measure a planned budget submission rather than completed spending.

The report linked the proposal to increasing risks surrounding undersea cables. The supplied messages did not identify shipbuilders, operators, vessel specifications, procurement conditions, or a delivery schedule.