Anxious Australia and jittery Japan deepen ‘quasi-alliance’ for an uneasy age

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For Ryosuke Hanada, a PhD candidate in Japanese foreign and security policy at Australia’s Macquarie University, Takaichi’s visit was ultimately about stabilisation and locking in a dependable partner as the strategic environment grows more volatile.

“The aim [is to] share a common direction for maintaining a free and open order in the face of China’s aggressive actions,” he said, adding that for Tokyo, close ties with Canberra offered a hedge against overdependence on either Washington or Beijing.

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Australia-Japan relations