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

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.

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

Five ballistic missiles fired by China appear to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Japanese defence minister Nobuo Kishi said on Thursday, part of military exercises launched ...

What To Know. The Japanese Coast Guard reported on Monday that the Tan Kah Kee was detected 167 miles east of Okinotorishima Island, within Japan's declared 230-mile-wide EEZ around the island.. A ...

Japan claimed four of these five missiles were fired from along the coast of Fujian province and flew far above Taipei before landing within Japan's EEZ, thereby threatening both Taiwan and Japan.

The Japanese people were shocked by the incursion of some 200 Chinese poaching vessels into protected waters around the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands last fall, and dismayed by Japan’s limited ...

Japan's government on Tuesday approved a draft amendment to existing legislation to allow for the installation of offshore wind power in exclusive economic zones (EEZ), a milestone towards the ...

According to The Japan Times, Japan's coastguard detected a Chinese maritime survey ship "extending what seemed to be a wire into the waters within Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 270 ...

Japan's whale research beyond its EEZ is limited to non-lethal surveys. Whale meat consumption in Japan was an affordable source of protein during Japan's malnourished years after World War II, ...

Japan also isn’t ready for a rapid-fire rollout. “There is still a lot of work to be done to unleash this full potential,” says Yoko Mulholland, senior associate at E3G.

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