Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's deep-sea drilling vessel, Chikyu is anchored at a pier in Shimizu port, Shizuoka prefecture on September 11, 2013 ...

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Japan will start testing the possibility of mining the deep seabed for rare-earth elements as concerns grow over access to critical minerals amid rising tensions with China. The trial will run from 11 ...

A Japanese research vessel on Monday began a historic voyage to attempt to dig deep-sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 metres to curb dependence on China. Scientific drilling boat called the Chikyu ...

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (right) shakes hands with Hirofumi Yoshimura, leader of the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, during their meeting at the prime minister's official ...