{
  "id": 730520,
  "title": "U.S. and Japan plan world’s deepest undersea mine to challenge China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/u-s-and-japan-plan-worlds-deepest-undersea-mine-to-challenge-china",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-13T02:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/13/japan/us-japan-undersea-mine-china/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A tiny Japanese island sits astride deep-sea rare earth deposits — ones that could \"meet centuries' worth of industrial demand,\" a U.S.-Japan statement said.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}