>>280407554 (OP)>Japan is like millions of years oldEverything is, but volcanic landmasses usually are the newest on Earth. Japan as an independent geographical entity only exists from 15MY ago, it was among the last areas to rise from the Panthalassa Ocean
>small ass islandit wasn't an archipelago until 30-40K years ago, you could walk from Alaska to Australia through Japan. The sea of Japan was a "lake" and Japan was its eastern shore
>You can't just find some rare minerals by driving a couple of miles from the city and dig some ground.by digging at random in a mountain I doubt you'd find anything but the worthless shit. People with education and good tools might find the cool stuff but that's prolly the reason there are signs warning you not to engage in illegal mining