TOKYO: Japan announced on Tuesday it joined the United States and Australia in signing a $95-million undersea cable project that will connect East Micronesia island nations to improve networks in the Indo-Pacific region, where China is increasingly expanding its influence.

The approximately 2,250-kilometer (1,400-mile) undersea cable will connect the state of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia, Tarawa in Kiribati and Nauru to the existing cable landing point located in Pohnpei in Micronesia, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.

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