3 stories
AI briefings + tags; source links are the ground truth.
About
🇯🇵
Japan
Asahi Shimbun (JP)
National & Local
Rare Earth Exploration Ship 'Chikyu' Returns Home After Trial Excavation Off Minami-Torishima
The Japanese rare earth exploration ship 'Chikyu' has successfully completed its trial excavation in the waters off Minami-Torishima and returned to Shimizu Port after about a month.
Feb 14 • 10:00 UTC
🇶🇦
Qatar
Al Jazeera
World
13 Years in the Depths: How Japan Discovered Rare Minerals That Could Supply the World for Centuries?
Japan has announced the discovery of rare earth minerals that could provide resources for the world for 780 years, a culmination of 13 years of research beginning in 2013 in the western Pacific near Minami Torishima Island.
Feb 4 • 05:05 UTC
🇯🇵
Japan
NHK News (JP)
World
Successful extraction of mud containing rare earth elements from the seabed about 5700m deep off Minami-Torishima
A project by the Japanese government has successfully extracted mud containing rare earth elements from the seabed at a depth of approximately 5700 meters in the exclusive economic zone near Minami-Torishima using the research vessel 'Chikyu.'
Feb 2 • 08:34 UTC