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The initiative, led by a government-backed project, aims to reduce reliance on imports and strengthen national security.
It provides Japan with an exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, of approximately 166,000 square miles where rare-earth minerals have been discovered, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government website.
The move signals Tokyo’s growing military self-reliance as it distances itself from US security dependence and builds ...
Japan has agreed to provide the Philippine Navy with six Abukuma-class destroyers, marking a major step in joint defence ...
A British patrol ship passed through the Taiwan Strait on June 18, 2025, less than a week after a Japanese destroyer made a similar trip through the contentious waterway.
The Liaoning has previously strayed uncomfortably close, 24 miles, to Japan's coastline, sailing between two southern Japanese islands within the EEZ last month while conducting take-offs and ...
A Taiwanese vessel sailed near Japan's westernmost island within the country's exclusive economic zone for at least 17 hours despite c ...
Japan this week confirmed that two Chinese aircraft carriers have operated together for the first time in the Pacific.
Japan raises alarm over China’s dual aircraft carrier drills, citing near-misses and escalating risks in Pacific waters ...
The Liaoning cruised between two southern Japanese islands within the EEZ last month, from the East China Sea to the Pacific, while doing takeoffs and landings on deck, according to the ministry.
Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 ...