China squeezes Japan over rare earths in repeat of 2010 showdown ^⁠79%

5/22/2026, 11:37:00 PM

Topics: China, China Japan Relations, Defense, Rare Earths, Taiwan

Keywords: China, China Japan Relations, Defense, Rare Earths, Taiwan

BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 73.3% saturation with 99 hits. Analysis detected 594 faulty-reasoning hits from 135 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 70.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (4,354 of 20,272 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 78.50% of the article peer group.

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SINGAPORE – China has cut Japan off from several heavy rare earths and other materials for ⁠at least four months, coinciding with a dispute between the two countries over Taiwan, suggesting Beijing is using its control over critical minerals as diplomatic leverage.

Japan is the largest rare earth magnet maker outside China but like the rest of the world is overwhelmingly dependent on Beijing for imports of certain so-called heavy rare earths used in magnet-making, aerospace and defense, as well as gallium, a minor metal vital for chip-making.

Since ‌December, Chinese ‌exports of rare earth minerals like dysprosium, terbium and yttrium oxide, as well as specialty metal gallium, to Japan have stopped except for a few tiny shipments of yttrium, Chinese customs data shows.

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