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 tightens ...

Chinese tourist flows to Japan could plunge to as low as 4.8 million this year from 9.3 million in 2025 amid political ...

While China produces about 80% of the world’s neodymium magnets, Japan on its own manufactures about half of the remainder.

Takaichi was silent on when she would call an election during an interview with NHK recorded on Thursday and aired on Sunday.

In one example, a midsize cargo ship appeared to be fitted with advanced tech, including containerized missile launchers and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering an early general election in February, a move that could reshape budget ...

China dominates the critical minerals supply chain, refining between 47% and 87% of copper, lithium, cobalt, graphite and ...

Lying between China's northeastern Taiwan island and Japan's southwestern Kyushu are the Ryukyu Islands, an arc-shaped ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will urge Group of Seven nations and others to step up their efforts to reduce reliance ...

Screenshot of a TBS report. Japan is set to launch the world’s first experimental extraction of so-called “rare earth mud” within i ...

One year of Trump 2.0 has turned out to be a shadow cast across the world, and 2026 is unlikely to lighten the shadow. While ...

At the dawn of the new year, international and domestic attention is focused on President Lee Jae-myung’s unprecedented “consecutive Korea-China and Korea-Japan summit diplomacy.” In a situation where ...