🚨 **BREAKING: Japan Goes 6,000m Deep — and the World Watches** 🌊⚙️
Japan begins the **first-ever deep-sea extraction** of rare-earth-rich mud near Minamitori Island — lifting critical minerals **straight from the ocean floor to a ship**.
These metals power **AI, EVs, renewables, and defense**.
President Trump weighs in: with U.S. backing domestic innovation, this could **redraw global supply chains**.
A new resource race is starting — **and it’s happening underwater**.
Tech, energy, and geopolitics just leveled up. 🔥