Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the ...

Japan plans 'world first' deep-sea rare earth mineral extraction Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, on Oct 31, 2010.

Sou Fujimoto has nestled a curved holiday home under a planted garden for hotelier Not A Hotel, situated on Ishigaki Island in southern Japan.

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