File photo/China Daily] Manila's recent move in the South China Sea—designating a military exercise zone that includes ...

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the ...

Tokyo proclaims Pacific Ocean mission world’s first attempt to tap rare earths at such a depth.

Chinese coast guard ships were spotted near the islands on a record 357 days last year, according to Japan's coast guard. The ...

A total of 48 Chinese vessels, including warships, have been spotted in some West Philippine Sea (WPS) features in the past ...

Japan is accelerating a decade-old plan to extract rare earths from the deep seabed, an ambitious initiative given extra ...

Japan reported having found sediments containing rare earth in the 6,000 metre deep-sea beds after launching the expedition ...

A single class of ships is redefining China’s naval reach. The Type 055 Renhai-class cruiser carries heavy firepower and ...

JUST recently, the majority of the members of the Senate signed a resolution condemning public statements made by the China ...

In response to Japanese media reports that the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology announced on Monday that its deep-sea research vessel Chikyu had successfully retrieved rare ...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington, D.C.-based foreign policy and security think tank, ...

The Pacific Islands are rapidly becoming a key arena of competition between India and China.