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

Japan will try to mine the seabed in its Exclusive Economic Zone. Like the United States, India and Australia, Japan wants to ...

The move signals Tokyo’s growing military self-reliance as it distances itself from US security dependence and builds ...

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

Two Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong, have carried out operations in ...

Photos recently taken by a patrol aircraft provide a glimpse of China's maritime activities in the contested East China Sea, which have alarmed its neighbor Japan—a U.S. ally. Following Tokyo's ...

Since May 19, both carrier groups have conducted increasingly assertive drills, each accompanied by additional warships and supply vessels. The Liaoning carried out aircraft takeoff drills, maritime ...

Military leaders are working to enforce a "one-theatre" concept in both the East and South China seas, the Philippines' ...

The Philippines is now operationalizing Japan’s proposed “one-theater” concept which envisions the South China Sea, East China Sea, and the ...