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Japan has taken a world-first step in its bid to reduce reliance on China for rare earth minerals. In a groundbreaking deep-sea mission, Tokyo successfully retrieved rare-earth-rich sediment from 6,000 metres below the Pacific Ocean near Minami Torishima. The discovery could transform Japan’s economic security as tensions with Beijing escalate over Taiwan and export restrictions. Rare earths are vital for electric vehicles, smartphones, wind turbines and weapons systems. But deep-sea mining carries serious environmental risks, raising concerns about damage to fragile marine ecosystems. Is this technological breakthrough worth the ecological cost?

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