Chikura, Japan

Chikura, Japan is a submarine cable landing point in Japan (coordinates 34.9767°, 139.9547°). It serves 8 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Japan's international connectivity infrastructure.

Chikura was a town located in Awa District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Chikura, Japan

Cables landing at Chikura, Japan are operated by 36 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, BT, Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, DongHwa Telecom, Globe Telecom, Google, and 26 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Chikura, Japan, international traffic can reach 11 countries through 8 cable systems. Destinations include Brunei, China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and 3 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Chikura, Japan in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Southeast Asia-Japan Cable 2 (SJC2) (2025) — Southeast Asia-Japan Cable 2 (SJC2) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 7 countries across East Asia, Southeast Asia. With 10 landing points — including Busan, Changi South, Chikura, Chung Hom Kok, Fangshan, and 5 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• FASTER (2016) — FASTER is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting United States, Japan, Taiwan. Its 4 landing points at Bandon, Chikura, Shima, Tanshui bridge the networks of North America, East Asia, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) (2013) — Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Japan, China, Philippines, Brunei, Singapore. Its 6 landing points at Chikura, Chung Hom Kok, Nasugbu, Shantou, Telisai, and 1 more bridge the networks of East Asia, Southeast Asia, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Unity/EAC-Pacific (2010) — Unity/EAC-Pacific is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Japan and United States. Landing at Chikura, Redondo Beach, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• EAC-C2C (2002) — EAC-C2C is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 6 countries across East Asia, Southeast Asia. With 16 landing points — including Ajigaura, Batangas, Busan, Cavite, Changi North, and 11 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• APCN-2 (2001) — APCN-2 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 7 countries across Southeast Asia, East Asia. With 10 landing points — including Batangas, Busan, Cherating, Chikura, Chongming, and 5 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Japan Information Highway (JIH) (1999) — Japan Information Highway (JIH) is a domestic submarine cable network within Japan, connecting 9 coastal and island locations including Akita, Chikura, Ibaraki, Ishikari, Miyazaki, and 4 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.