US aims to work with Japan in reviving American mines to counter China

Ambassador says part of $550bn commitment will ease Beijing's rare earth curbs

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U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass delivers a speech at the Mount Fuji Dialogue in Tokyo on Oct. 25. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)

JADA NAGUMO and KENJI KAWASE

TOKYO -- American Ambassador to Japan George Glass on Saturday said part of Tokyo's $550 billion U.S. investment commitment "will be directed to revive and develop America's mining and ore processing," as China moves to impose broadened controls over rare-earth exports.

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