The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...

Japan is preparing to stir a sleeping world. The goal isn’t oil or gas — it’s mud. Mud that’s packed with the rare earth ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the ...

India does not need a maximalist mining push to meet its rare‑earth goals. A calibrated build via expansion of existing ...

Von der Leyen visits Japan for two days starting Tuesday. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold a summit with von ...

Japan and the European Union will consider joint public-private partnerships as they look to reduce their reliance on China ...

Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals ... China accounts for almost two-thirds of rare earth mining production and 92 percent of global refined output, according to the ...

Non-Chinese rare earth producers have been conspicuously absent from mining’s top tier, now worth a collective $1.5 trillion, ...

Japan plans to begin pioneering test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed in January next year, the head of the government-backed project told ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, ...