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    "name": "Shin-Etsu Chemical rare earth smelting facilities in Japan",
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        "asStated": "日本国内"
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    "materialIds": [
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        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Section 4, plan ２０２６重要鉱物第１号－１",
        "note": "\"日本国内に、製錬設備を新設することで、レアアースの生産を増強する。\""
      },
      {
        "sourceId": "src-meti-critical-minerals-certified-plans",
        "supports": [
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        "evidence": "ambiguous",
        "locator": "Section 4, plan ２０２６重要鉱物第１号－１",
        "note": "製錬 (smelting and refining) is read as refining; the list does not say whether separation is included."
      }
    ],
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                "countedIds": [
                  "fin-jp-jogmec-shin-etsu-rare-earth-grant"
                ],
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                },
                "binding": {},
                "notYetBinding": {
                  "approximately": "17500000000"
                }
              }
            ],
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          }
        ],
        "unquantifiedIds": [],
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      }
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  ],
  "associatedRowIds": [],
  "designationIds": [
    "dsg-jp-espa-shin-etsu-rare-earth"
  ],
  "latestImplementation": null,
  "reviewedProjectMilestones": [],
  "reviewedMilestoneSources": [],
  "reviewedMilestoneEvidenceBasis": "human-reviewed original publisher claim; not independent on-site or financial verification",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "src-meti-critical-minerals-certified-plans",
      "title": "重要鉱物（経済安全保障推進法に基づく認定供給確保計画）",
      "publisher": "経済産業省 (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan)",
      "url": "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/economic_security/metal/index.html",
      "language": "ja",
      "datePublished": null,
      "dateAccessed": "2026-09-23",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "METI's critical-minerals page, section 4 (認定供給確保計画): each certified supply-assurance plan with the business, certification number, the undertaking and the approximate subsidy (※助成額は約○億円), and the certification date. Read in full in a browser on 2026-09-23 (the site refuses automated clients); eleven plans listed, the latest certified on 16 September 2026. The page is updated in place and carries no publication date for the list."
    }
  ]
}