China is still restricting the rare earth elements that the U.S. needs to produce its own permanent magnets and other products even after President Donald Trump reached a deal to lift restrictions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/26/us-rare-earth-china-curbs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #china #trade #rareearths #uschinarelations
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology says it will conduct a test to excavate the deep seabed off a remote Tokyo island and collect clay-like sediment rich in rare earths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/deep-sea-rare-earth-extraction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #oceans #rareearths #tech
Beijing’s expansion of export controls on rare earth elements could redefine global production. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/23/world/china-weaponized-rare-earths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #rareearths #supplychains #china #trade #defense #chinajapanrelations #chineseeconomy #japaneseeconomy #globaleconomy
Around 50 government officials, researchers and others from Japan and India have held a meeting in New Delhi to discuss promotion of economic security cooperation between the two countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/japan/society/japan-india-economic-security-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #indiajapanrelations #economicsecurity #rareearths
The EU on Wednesday releases its plan to try to end the 27-nation bloc's dependence on China for rare earths, as Beijing's stranglehold threatens key industries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/03/markets/eu-china-rare-earths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #eu #china #rareearths
The U.S. will seek agreements with eight allied nations as part of a new effort to strengthen supply chains for computer chips and minerals needed for artificial intelligence technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/tech/us-minerals-ai-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #mineral #ai #china #rareearths #us #tech #donaldtrump
The European Union will unveil measures next week to cut the bloc's over-reliance on China for critical raw materials as Europe seeks to keep up with fierce global competition from the U.S. and Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/eu-raw-materials-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #eu #china #trade #rareearths #mining
China achieved manufacturing dominance thanks to its weaker protections for workers, communities and the environment. Now it’s exporting that model. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/30/world/chinas-low-rights-model/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #indonesia #australia #us #europe #globalsouth #rareearths #chineseeconomy #asianeconomy #labor
Across mainland Southeast Asia, more than 2,400 mines — many of them illegal and unregulated — could be releasing deadly chemicals such as cyanide and mercury into river water, according to new research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/asia-pacific/toxic-mines-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southeastasia #mining #pollution #rareearths #thailand #myanmar #china
China’s Premier Li Qiang came to the Group of 20 summit poised to defend his country’s rare earths curbs and armed with offerings to quell the concerns of developing nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/24/tech/china-li-rare-earths-g20/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #liqiang #g20 #rareearths
Japan should leverage its alliance with the U.S. to counter China’s threats rather than seeking quick compromises alone that will lead to long-term losses, an outspoken Japanese lawmaker says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/21/japan/politics/japan-counter-china-us-help/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #china #heiseki #nipponishinnokai #taiwa #sanaetakaichi #chipmakers #rareearths
Beijing’s moves so far appear calibrated to inflict pain without crossing into territory that might galvanize a coordinated international response. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/japan/xi-blowback-rare-earths-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #rareearths #xijinping #sanaetakaichi
China has begun designing a new rare earth licensing regime that could speed up shipments, but it is unlikely to amount to a complete rollback of restrictions as hoped by Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/08/china-rare-earth-export-rules/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #china #rareearths #trade
Japan and the U.S. will join forces to extract rare earths in waters around a small Pacific island, after the two struck an agreement to work to cut their reliance on China for the material. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/us-rare-earth-pacific-island/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usjapanrelations #rareearths #china #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump
Japan's strategic positioning is central to countering China’s economic and geopolitical influence, with a focus on technological collaboration, military alignment and supply chain security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/05/japan/us-china-meaning-for-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #china #rareearths #us #donaldtrump #xijingping #trade #tariffs #apec #uschinarelations #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations
According to Chinese academics, economists, and retired military officers, the country's leaders are not losing any sleep over Donald Trump's America First agenda. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/05/world/what-chinese-leaders-think-of-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #rareearths #us #donaldtrump #xijingping #trade #tariffs #apec #uschinarelations
Chinese leader Xi Jinping used diplomacy at the APEC summit to strengthen Beijing’s regional influence and global image while Trump focused on short-term trade gains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/04/china-stole-the-show-in-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #china #rareearths #us #donaldtrump #xijingping #trade #tariffs #apec
China will effectively suspend implementing additional export controls on rare earth metals and terminate investigations targeting U.S. companies in the semiconductor supply chain, the White House said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/03/tech/china-rare-earth-us-chip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #rareearths #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Rare-earth producers are working to expand U.S. supplies of the tiny but vital industrial components at the heart of a global trade showdown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/rare-earths-us-boom-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #rareearths #trade #us #china #tech
The U.S. and China are scrambling to salvage a planned summit of their leaders, now just a week away, while trading blame for a spike in tensions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/world/politics/xi-trump-summit-beijing-tension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #xijinping #china #tech #rareearths #computers #semiconductors #ai #trade
