Japan to subsidize undersea cable vessels over 'very serious' national security concerns — will front up to half the cost for $300 million vessels bought by NEC by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) from Latest from Tom's Hardware on 2025-09-16 15:31 (#702X0) Japan wants NEC to buy its own undersea cable-laying ships and is considering covering nearly half the purchase cost of these vessels.