Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and French President Emmanuel Macron will express concern about export controls on rare earths. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Nikkei, Reuters)
TAJIO KOBAYASHI, RIEKO MIKI and MADOKA KITAMATSU
TOKYO — The leaders of Japan and France are poised to agree Wednesday to create a road map for diversifying supplies of rare earths and other critical minerals, Nikkei has learned.