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6,000 Meters Under the Pacific, Japan Seeks Independence From China on Rare Earths


Tokyo is succeeding where the rest of the world has failed, reducing its reliance on Beijing for crucial rare earth elements—thanks to an enormous underwater deposit discovered on a remote island.

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