Fukuoka, Japan

Fukuoka, Japan is a submarine cable landing point in Japan (coordinates 33.5904°, 130.4017°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Japan's international connectivity infrastructure.

Fukuoka is a designated city in the Kyushu region of Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is the nearest point among Japan's main islands to the Asian mainland. Although humans have occupied the area since the Jomon period, some of the earliest settlers of the Yayoi period arrived in the Fukuoka area. The city rose to prominence during the Yamato period, and because of the cross-cultural exposure, and relatively great distance from the social and political centers of Kyoto, Osaka, and later, Edo (Tokyo), Fukuoka gained a distinctive local culture and dialect that has persisted to the present day. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Fukuoka, Japan

Cables landing at Fukuoka, Japan are operated by 10 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Amazon Web Services, Arteria, Dreamline, Intra‑Asia Marine Networks Co., KT, Ltd., Microsoft, NTT, QTNet, Softbank. 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 Fukuoka, Japan, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Fukuoka, Japan in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• I-AM Cable (2029) — I-AM Cable is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia. Its 6 landing points at Busan, Changi, Fukuoka, Minamiboso, Sedili, and 1 more bridge the networks of East Asia, Southeast Asia, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• JAKO (2027) — JAKO is a point-to-point submarine cable linking South Korea and Japan. Landing at Busan, Fukuoka, 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 →
• Korea-Japan Cable Network (KJCN) (2002) — Korea-Japan Cable Network (KJCN) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking South Korea and Japan. Landing at Busan, Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, 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 →

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