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The Strategic and Security Implications of Rare Earths Read chapter Read first chapter

2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Rare Earths and Japan: Traditional Vulnerability Reconsidered

Author : Kyoko Hatakeyama

Published in: The Political Economy of Rare Earth Elements

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Rare Earth Elements (REE) have become an indispensable component of modern life. Commodities containing rare earth, such as personal computers, hybrid cars, smart phones, and tablets, are now an essential part of daily life. A dependency on such high-tech products will most likely only increase in the future. Several forecasts show that the global demand for light REE and heavy REE are projected to rise (Humphries, 2013, p. 4).1

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Title
Rare Earths and Japan: Traditional Vulnerability Reconsidered
Author
Kyoko Hatakeyama
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Book
The Political Economy of Rare Earth Elements

Print ISBN: 978-1-349-57738-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-36424-1

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137364241_3