The initiative, led by a government-backed project, aims to reduce reliance on imports and strengthen national security.

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 ...

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...

Japan is set to begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island in early 2026, according to a Reuters report. Spearheaded by the Cabinet Office’s national platform ...

Japan will try to mine the seabed in its Exclusive Economic Zone. Like the United States, India and Australia, Japan wants to ...

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, the head of the ...

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was in Ranchester, Wyoming, on Friday for the ribbon cutting to open the first U.S. rare ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1 900 km southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the government-backed project ...