TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Monday it has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on China.
The deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu successfully gathered the sediment at a depth of nearly 6,000 meters near the island of Minamitorishima, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in a statement on X.
The test retrieval of
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