A 22-year-old Australian woman died after her backpack buckle got caught in a ski lift at Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Japan’s Hakuba Valley, leaving her suspended mid-air while preparing to disembark, police said.

Japan retrieved rare earth minerals from 6,000 meters deep near Minami Torishima, marking the world’s first deep-sea extraction at such depth. The mission, using the Chikyu drilling ship, aims to reduce reliance on China for critical minerals like dysprosium and yttrium, vital for EVs, electronics, and wind turbines