The search for alternative supplies comes after a series of Chinese trade restrictions.

At least 14 people died after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said “every second counts” as thousands of military ...

Military mobilises thousands of personnel after quake on southern Kyushu island that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese shindo intensity scale ...

A Japanese project to secure critical minerals from deep waters off Minamitori Island in the Pacific has identified multiple ...

VCG. Some Japanese media reported recently that a first-of-its-kind initiative to recycle rare earth elements from household air conditioners has begun in Ja ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Monday it has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, as the country seeks to reduce its ...

Japan 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 off from the Tanegashima ...

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 ...