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Deep Beneath the Pacific, Japan Hunts for a New Source of Rare Earth Metals

The discovery of vast seabed deposits near Minamitorishima offers strategic opportunities for Japan, but poses significant technical challenges

Japan to develop deep-sea drone in hunt for rare earths

U.S., S. Korea join Japan on earthquake prediction

TOKYO >> In an effort to reduce damage caused by inland earthquakes along faults, a team of researchers at the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resi...

Rare Look Inside Japan's Underground Gravity Wave Observatory

The KAGRA gravitational-wave research facility in Kamioka, Hida, Gifu Prefecture, was opened to the public on June 20 for the first special viewing in nine years, giving 200 visito...

東日本大震災、日本が5ミリ動く　地球内部で地震波が反射　米チーム

Japan Accelerates Deep-Sea Rare Earth Development Near Minamitori Island to Cut Dependence on China

Japan is advancing a strategic project to extract rare earth elements (REEs) from deep-sea mud deposits in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) near Minamitorishima (also called Minam...

Preparatory work on Geothermal Frontier Project sites in Japan to start this year

JOGMEC expects to start preparatory work at three geothermal sites in Japan selected under the Geothermal Frontier Project. The post Preparatory work on Geothermal Frontier Project...

エルニーニョ現象の発生を当てた「地球シミュレータ」、今度は“異常気象”を予測　台風が活発に？

海洋研究開発機構（JAMSTEC）は、スパコン「地球シミュレータ」を使った予測として、今夏に北西太平洋で台風の活動が活発化する可能性があると公表した。地球シミュレータは1月の時点でエルニー...

Survey begins to determine remote island’s suitability for nuclear disposal site

Japan's waste management organization will carry out a literature review on the geology of Minamitorishima, located nearly 2,000 kilometers from Tokyo.

Japan's Rare Earths Island

The video explains how a tiny, remote Japanese island called Minami Torishima (Marcus Island) could become one of the most strategically important locations in the world due to eno...

Japan's JAPEX aims to nearly quadruple US oil, gas output by 2035

Geotech to Demonstrate Advanced Geophysical Solutions at PDAC 2026

Geotech Instrument Co., Ltd. (https://www.geotechcn.net) will attend PDAC 2026, one of the world’s most influential international mining conventions, to display its full lin...

JIP’s submarine proposal tests Japan’s nuclear red lines

Senior party lawmaker Seiji Maehara says Tokyo should acquire at least eight nuclear-powered vessels "as quickly as possible."

Mitsubishi Electric and Finland's VTT Establish Core Technology for Direct Ocean Capture

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced that it has completed the core development of a direct ocean capture (DOC) system that removes CO 2 via seawater, working...

A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas

With research on microplastics and the health of coral reefs, the crew of the Tara are making a difference as the world's environmental issues mount.

U.S. and Japan Commit $1 Billion to Joint Quantum and Advanced Computing Research

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and Ministry of Economy, Trade a...

Maps: Tracking Tropical Depression Jangmi

See the likely path and wind arrival times for Jangmi

University of Tokyo Team Develops Ultra-Fast Low-Power Switching Technology

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The research group, including Professor Tsai Hanshen, Special Assistant Professor Matsuda Takuya (at the time of the study), and Professor Nakatsuji T...

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Record-breaking ocean drilling reveals why Japan's 2011 tsunami was so deadly

Scientists have uncovered a hidden weakness beneath the Pacific Ocean that helps explain why Japan’s catastrophic 2011 earthquake and tsunami became so devastating. By drilling dee...

Japan pledges US$3 million for Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea water decline

Japan has partnered with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to support Kazakhstan’s efforts to address the decline in the Caspian Sea’s water level driven by climate change, pledg...