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21/10/26 [24/7 Wall St.] > Japan is Just “Months” Away From Running Out of a Critical Rare Earth Mineral. Here’s Why Rare Earths are Becoming AI’s Biggest Bottleneck. : Japan has told Washington it is “months” from running out of yttrium, a rare earth used in jet engines and chipmaking equipment, and has asked the US to help push China to ease its export restrictions ...
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21/10/26 [The Wall Street Journal on MSN] > Chinese AI tool linked to hacks in Japan : Around 80 Japanese companies were targeted from overseas in hacks that bore digital traces of Artex, an AI agent developed in China.
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21/10/26 [The Guardian] > Sanae Takaichi took on Japan’s male-dominated politics and won – can she survive a second year in power? : The straight-talking PM’s ability to manage Trump and stand up to China have endeared her to the public, but she may need friends closer to home to survive ...
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21/10/26 [The Diplomat] > Is China Getting Involved in the Japan-Russia Territorial Dispute? : Tokyo has made repeated attempts to advance negotiations on the territorial issue with Russia by leveraging economic cooperation and investment. Ultimately, however, these efforts have not yielded ...
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20/10/26 [Reuters on MSN] > Japan shifting to wage-driven inflation phase, finance minister says : By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Japan's economy is seeing price rises driven by higher import costs and on the cusp of shifting to a period of sustained inflation driven by rising wages, ...
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20/10/26 [The New York Times] > Japan wins another men’s gymnastics team gold at World Championships; U.S. sixth : Japan won its third straight gold across worlds and the Olympics. Russia, back in international competition at the team level, took silver.
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20/10/26 [The Seattle Times] > Japan records a trade deficit as oil imports soar because of conflict in the Middle East : Japan’s trade deficit has reached 2.81 trillion yen, or $17.8 billion, for the first fiscal half, according to government data, as the war in Iran sent oil import prices soaring.
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20/10/26 [USA TODAY] > Japan launches ambitious mission to grab a chunk of a Martian moon : A Japanese spacecraft is on its way to study Mars' 2 moons. But that's not all: It will also attempt to bring a piece of Phobos back to Earth.
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19/10/26 [Financial Times] > Japan ‘months’ from running out of critical rare earth as China squeezes supply : Japan is months from running out of supplies of yttrium, a critical metal, and has asked the US to push China to ease rare earth export controls that threaten severe disruption to the global ...
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19/10/26 [CBS News on MSN] > Japan launches ambitious robotic mission to Martian moon Phobos : Soil samples collected by the MMX probe will shed light on the mysterious origin of the red planet's two moons, Phobos and Deimos.