Japan and the European Union will consider joint public-private partnerships as they look to reduce their reliance on China ...

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 ...

Nissan Motor is developing technology with Waseda University to recycle rare earth metals from magnets in scrapped electric ...

Japan is preparing to stir a sleeping world. The goal isn’t oil or gas — it’s mud. Mud that’s packed with the rare earth ...

Scientists detected a slow-motion earthquake off Japan, offering rare insight into hidden faults and tsunami risks beneath the seafloor.

China currently holds a tight grip on the rare earth minerals – controlling about 95% of global rare earths production as of 2015. Because of this, Japan and other countries rely on China to set ...

It marks just the second time pristine, untouched material directly from an asteroid has been brought back to Earth. Japan's Hayabusa2 probe, which is roughly the size of a refrigerator, launched ...

The rich detail comes from an extensive network of sensors placed at sites across Japan after that country’s Kobe earthquake of 1995, a magnitude 6.8 quake that killed more than 6,000.

Japan's JAXA space agency confirmed on Wednesday that the craft has taken up a position 12 miles off Ryugu. Up next for Hayabusa2: exploring the surface — and bringing a sample back to Earth.