Japan MIC / CIAJ SoftBank (Hokkaido CLS) IPS & IPS Pro (Wakayama CLS) Shikoku Digital Gateway Route Diversification
A comprehensive strategic analysis of the Communications and Information network Association of Japan’s (CIAJ) October 9, 2026 selection of four indirect subsidy recipients across Hokkaido, Wakayama, and Tokushima. By coupling landing station decentralization with a landmark ¥100 billion sovereign cable vessel fund and JBIC risk capital, Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) is actively dismantling the Tokyo–Shima duopoly to build a hardened, multi-gateway AI production infrastructure.
