I kēia mau makahiki, ua hōʻike pinepine ʻia ma ka nūhou e hoʻoikaika ke aupuni Iapana i kāna ʻōnaehana mālama nonā metala kakaʻikahihoʻohana ʻia i nā huahana ʻoihana e like me nā kaʻa uila. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mālama ʻana i nā metala liʻiliʻi o Iapana no 60 mau lā o ka ʻai ʻana i ka home a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hoʻonui i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻeono mahina. Pono nā metala liʻiliʻi i nā ʻoihana ʻokiʻoki o Iapana akā ua hilinaʻi nui ʻia i nā honua laha ʻole mai nā ʻāina kikoʻī e like me Kina. Ke lawe mai nei ʻo Iapana i nā metala makamae a pau e pono ai kāna ʻoihana. No ka laʻana, ma kahi o 60% o kanā ʻāina laha ʻoleʻO nā mea e pono ai nā magnet no nā kaʻa uila, lawe ʻia mai Kina. Hōʻike ka 2018 makahiki Heluhelu mai ka Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry he 58 pakeneka o nā metala liʻiliʻi o Iapana i lawe ʻia mai Kina, 14 pākēneka mai Vietnam, 11 pākēneka mai Farani a me 10 pākēneka mai Malaysia.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻōnaehana hoʻopaʻa 60 lā o Iapana i kēia manawa no nā metala makamae i ka makahiki 1986. Ua mākaukau ke aupuni Kepani e hoʻohana i kahi ala ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā metala laha ʻole, e like me ka mālama ʻana i nā mālama ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻeono mahina no nā metala koʻikoʻi a me nā mea waiwai liʻiliʻi. o lalo o 60 la. I mea e pale ʻole ai i nā kumukūʻai mākeke, ʻaʻole e hōʻike ke aupuni i ka nui o nā waihona.
Ua hana mua ʻia kekahi mau metala maʻamau ma ʻApelika akā pono e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e nā hui Kina. No laila ke hoʻomākaukau nei ke aupuni Kepani e paipai i nā hui kumu waiwai mineral o Iapana e hoʻokomo i nā hale hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a i ʻole e paipai i nā hōʻoia ʻana o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka ikehu no nā hui Iapana i hiki ai iā lākou ke hōʻiliʻili kālā mai nā hui kālā.
Wahi a ka helu helu, ua emi iho ka lawe ʻana aku o Kina i nā ʻāina laha ʻole ma Iulai ma kahi o 70% makahiki i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gao Feng, ka ʻōlelo a ke Kuhina Kālepa o Kina, i ka lā 20 ʻAukake, ua lohi ka hana a me nā hana ʻoihana o nā ʻoihana o lalo o ka honua mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki ma muli o ka hopena o coVID-19. Hana nā ʻoihana Kina i ke kālepa honua e like me nā loli o ka noi mākeke honua a me nā pilikia. Ua hāʻule ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā ʻāina laha ʻole he 20.2 pākēneka i kēlā me kēia makahiki i 22,735.8 tone i nā mahina ʻehiku mua o kēia makahiki, e like me ka ʻikepili i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka General Administration of Customs.