Josh Dzieza - Reporter, The Verge. Tracked across 18 mentions in podcasts and expert conversations analyzed by Sonic.
The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan destroyed more than half of the country's trans-Pacific subsea cables.
The ship responsible for repairing Japan's subsea cables after the 2011 tsunami was based in Yokohama and operated by KCS.
Subsea cables near Vietnam are frequently cut due to shallow waters and heavy fishing activity, with repairs sometimes taking months because repair ships are occupied elsewhere.