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Japan finds rare earth in deep-sea mission

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First country in the World: Japan extracted rare earth sediment from 6,000m deep in the Pacific Ocean

Japan has achieved a historic milestone in deep-sea resource exploration.

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Japanese research vessel collects rare earth mud from deep waters

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Japan retrieves rare earth mud from deep seabed in test mission

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Japan pursues rare earths to reduce China dependence

Japan said it would accelerate plans to mine rare earths from the deep ocean, in order to reduce reliance on China.

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Japan Retrieves Rare Earth Minerals From 6,000-metre Depths In Major Deep-sea Breakthrough

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Japan Retrieves Rare Earth Mud From Seabed For First Time In Test Mission

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Japan retrieves rare earth-rich mud from seabed to lower reliance on China

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, Japan’s government announced Monday as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on China.

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Japan’s Navy Is Test Firing a Railgun Weapon (The U.S. Navy Has None)

Key Points and Summary - Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency says it successfully fired a ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun at a real vessel in June–July, using JS Asuka as the testbed. -The gun launches non-explosive projectiles near ...

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Japan advances scramjet-powered hypersonic weapon development

Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has started prototyping components in support of its programme to develop ascramjet-powered hypersonic missile.

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Can Rapidus Achieve Japan’s Semiconductor Revival?

Japan is making a huge bet to revive its long-declining advanced chipmaking industry. A new government-private joint venture named Rapidus is pursuing an ambitious target of mass-producing 2-nanometer logic semiconductors by 2027. Japanese chipmakers ...

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Japan's high-stakes gamble to turn island of flowers into global chip hub

The island of Hokkaido has long been an agricultural powerhouse – now Japan is investing billions to turn it into a global hub for advanced semiconductors. More than half of Japan's dairy produce comes from Hokkaido, the northernmost of its main islands.

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NEDO outlines R&D concepts to expand solar adoption in Japan

NEDO, Japan’s state-run energy and industrial technology development agency, has selected 24 themes under its new “Technology Development Project for Expanding Solar Power Adoption,” including 20 for research and development and four for survey studies.

The Diplomat

Japan’s Long Return to Artificial Intelligence

Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control Unsurprisingly, it was also in Japan that neocognitron, the architectural ancestor of the neural networks that power systems like ChatGPT, was developed by computer scientist Kunihiko Fukushima.