Japan is better prepared than the West for China's rare-earth mineral squeeze

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Japan has been quietly blazing a trail for supply chain resilience.
Long before China in early April imposed an export ban on several rare earth elements and magnets widely used in the automotive, robotics and defense sectors, Japan became something of a canary in the coal mine for…

This story appeared on cnbc.com, 2025-06-20 08:29:03.
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