Miners are seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China, on July 16, 2011. (Reuters file photo) BEIJING/SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON—Some Chinese rare earth suppliers are declining to ship to the …
By RYO KIYOMIYA/ Staff Writer Tetsuro Kuroe, a former vice defense minister, right, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 2. (Ryo Kiyomiya) An influential private research institution called on …
Global Times editorial A still from the movie Once Upon a Time in the Middle East starring Shen Teng Photo: IC The world has long grown tired of Western moralizing from on high. What …
The U.S. Army’s “Typhon” mid-range missile system, with its launcher vehicle, right, and command and control unit, left, is seen at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Sept. 15, 2025. (Asahi …
The review follows Trump’s decision to cut joint drills with Seoul over its refusal to join the US war on Iran (Photo credit: ROK Navy) South Korea is weighing the deployment of military …
By MIHO TANAKA/ Staff Writer A man on paternity leave feeds milk to a baby in 2022. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) More than half of eligible male workers took paternity leave during the latest …
By CHENG YU A Chinese court has frozen 2.14 billion yuan ($318 million) worth of assets of Dutch chipmaker Nexperia BV and Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ITEC BV, marking the latest progress in Chinese …
Historic capacity milestone underpins nation’s efforts in green transition By ZHENG XIN Technicians inspect PV equipment at a solar farm in Huanggang, Hubei province, on July 28. WANG JIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s installed solar …
AI Photo: VCG Despite Washington’s tightening grip on artificial intelligence (AI) technology exports to China, four major providers of data for AI models – which help collate, label and package the vast troves of …
Spending priorities include unmanned platforms, artificial intelligence, long-range missiles Mucahithan Avcioglu ISTANBUL Japan’s Defense Ministry requested a record budget of about 8.9 trillion yen ($56 billion) for fiscal year 2027 as the government prepares …