The initiative, led by a government-backed project, aims to reduce reliance on imports and strengthen national security.

China said it conducted oil and gas exploration activities in the East China Sea in "undisputed waters" under its ...

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 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 ...

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.

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.

It shows both carriers coming close to Japanese islands, and at times sailing through Japan's exclusive economic zone. The exclusive economic zone is an area beyond a country's territorial waters ...

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.

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 ...