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

Global progress in eliminating gender inequality has been "precarious," while Japan can play a meaningful role in advancing equality, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous has said in a recent ...

The sample that contained rare earth was collected by a deep-sea scientific drilling boat, in a mission that Japan says was the world's first bid to tap the valuable minerals at such a depth – 6,000 ...

The Philippines likely reclaimed its position as the world’s second-largest banana exporter in 2025, when it expanded banana ...

HIGHER supply from the Philippines helped shape global banana trade in the first nine months of 2025, a “noticeable recovery” from previous years of decline, said a report by the United Nations Food ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that as the world faces a real risk of regressing to the law of the jungle, China and ...

Nigeria and Japan are seeking to unlock new trade and investment flows under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ...

When a country loses population, it gets more crowded. Imagine 10 guests at a house party. If they spread out through the living room, the kitchen, and the garage, the event has a comfortable amount ...

The world is entering an era of “global water bankruptcy” with rivers, lakes and aquifers depleting faster than nature can replenish them, a United Nations research institute said on Jan. 20.

Using a new method to track groundwater levels and greenhouse gas emissions, researchers uncover the climate impact of ...

On Thursday afternoon, during a regular press briefing at the Ministry of National Defense of China, when asked for comments about reports that relevant arms firms and institutions from Sweden, the UK ...