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Iron-rich mountains in the Guinea Highlands that daunted Sidiki Kone as a young geologist turned out to hold one of the biggest ore deposits on the planet.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 4, 2025
Huge new mine in Guinea with Chinese backing set to upend world iron ore market
The Simandou deposit is the world¡¯s largest untapped seam of iron ore, with estimated reserves of at least 3 billion tons.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 2, 2022
The next big battery material squeeze is old batteries
Old EV batteries will eventually start rolling in to scrap yards, but recycling companies will have to survive until they do.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 6, 2022
Jammed in a cage with no escape, women suffer mining¡¯s dark side
From South Africa¡¯s ultra-deep shafts to the vast iron ore pits of Western Australia, the message from the world¡¯s mines is overwhelming: Women are not safe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2021
The world wants more lithium but doesn¡¯t want more mines
Within months of unveiling plans for a $2.4 billion mine in western Serbia, local opponents organized a movement that¡¯s rocked the government and brought cities to a standstill.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2021
Investors pushed mining giants to quit coal. Now it¡¯s backfiring.
Mines that were scheduled to be closed have instead been transformed into the engine room for growth-hungry coal businesses.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2015
Fossil fuels must stay in ground to stop warming
Two-thirds of the world¡¯s fossil-fuel reserves must remain unburnt to hold temperature increases below dangerous levels, according to researchers at University College London.
COMMENTARY
Mar 17, 2011
Calculating the impact of aerosols
SINGAPORE ¡ª Scientists have developed an extensive understanding of the impact that carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other global warming gases have on Earth¡¯s climate.
COMMENTARY
Feb 2, 2011
Beijing should take a leaf out of Li Na¡¯s book
LOS ANGELES ¡ª A metaphor for our dramatic world geopolitical change occurred in Melbourne at the prestigious Australian Open. There, even as time-honored warriors Roger Federer and Raphael Nadal were eliminated, a Chinese woman slammed her way into history. The relentless Li Na became the first Asian...
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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