Japan is belatedly addressing an issue described as critically urgent: how to protect undersea cables used for internet traffic from sabotage and eavesdropping.

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TOKYO -- All five major commercial television networks in Japan have agreed to jointly develop a system that will serve as the bedrock for simultaneous broadcasting of TV programs over the air and ...