Japan has launched a month-long deep-sea mission aimed at unlocking a new domestic source ...

BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Chinese exports of rare earth magnets to Japan in December fell 8% from November, when a ...

Screenshot of a TBS report. Japan is set to launch the world's first experimental extraction of so-called "rare earth mud" within its exclu ...

Japan wants to reduce its dependence on Chinese rare earths and is looking for a way to extract them domestically.

Tokyo has been reducing its dependence on China for the critical minerals amid a major diplomatic dispute with Beijing.

The drilling vessel is backed by Japanese government funding, and will spend a month collecting rare earth sludge along a ...

Japan will begin deep-sea rare earth exploration in the South Pacific as it moves to diversify supply chains amid tighter Chinese export controls ...

By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday she would meet her ...

SHIZUOKA--A Japanese mining ship departed on Monday for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in rare earths, part of Tokyo's drive to curb its reliance on China for critical minerals as Beijing ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan and the United States will jointly study developing rare earth mining in the waters around Minamitori Island in the Pacific, Japanese Prime Minister ‌Sanae Takaichi said on ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan successfully deployed an upgraded Earth observation satellite for disaster response and security after it was launched on a new flagship H3 rocket Monday. The H3 No. 3 rocket lifted ...