Japan’s unprecedented project could test the limits of deep-sea mining

Japan is spending five weeks mining the seafloor. It is a technological milestone — and a stress test for how nations balance ...

Japan recovers rare earth-bearing seabed sediment in deep-sea test

Japan said it successfully retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth elements, a test the government framed as a step ...

Japan says rare earth found in sediment retrieved on deep-sea mission

Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 metres (about 20,000 feet) on a Japanese test mission ...
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Japan hauls rare earth-rich mud from deep sea in bold test mission

Japan has pulled off a technical and geopolitical milestone, hauling rare earth-rich mud from the deep Pacific seabed in a ...

Deep-sea rare earth mining test proves successful

Japanese researchers have reportedly succeeded in mining mud thought to contain rare earth elements from a seabed some 5,700 meters underwater.

Japan retrieves rare earth mud from deep seabed in test mission

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japan's government said on Monday that it has successfully retrieved ...
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Japan conducts first missile test on its own territory as part of military buildup to deter China

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s army announced Tuesday that it conducted a missile test for the first time on Japanese territory, as the country accelerates its military buildup to deter increasingly assertive ...
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Japan says it found rare earth in sediment retrieved on deep-sea mission

The mission was the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at such a depth, the government said, as Japan seeks to ...
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Japan conducts 1st missile test on its own territory as part of military buildup to deter China

TOKYO — Japan’s army announced Tuesday that it conducted a missile test for the first time on Japanese territory, as the country accelerates its military buildup to deter increasingly assertive China.