South Korea appears happy to engage in what some have called “shuttle diplomacy” between its quarreling neighbors—and stands ...

A Japanese mining ship departed on Monday for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in rare earths, part of Tokyo's drive to ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday, a week after ...

A Japanese research vessel on Monday began a historic voyage to attempt to dig deep-sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 ...

Also part of the equation this week: China's visible pivot to another regional neighbor, South Korea, whose president spent ...

The US is hosting a gathering of G-7 ministers to discuss rare earths this week, underscoring the shared push to develop ...

A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a ...

Tokyo is concerned at signs that Beijing may be laying the groundwork to restrict access to the metals vital to manufacturing ...

China is opening an anti-dumping investigation into Japan over a chemical used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, it ...

Beijing is punishing Tokyo for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan, again wielding critical minerals as an ...

China's export ban on dual-use items to Japan will only affect military firms, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, ...