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JAPAN
Jul 14, 2017
Japan's fondness for Christmas bush means blooming exports for Aussie florists
It took flower grower Paul Dalley almost seven years before he found the perfect Australian native for the Japanese flower market, but once he did he never looked back.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2016
Japan, Australia aim to expand military logistical support
Japan and Australia will seek to revise a bilateral pact to boost logistics cooperation between their forces, with a signing ceremony expected in late December when the two countries' ministers meet for security talks, a Japanese government source said Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 8, 2016
Abe, Turnbull resolute on Chinese territorial issue in South China Sea
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart, Malcolm Turnbull, have reaffirmed their shared stance on territorial tensions in the South China Sea, obliquely calling on China to comply with an international tribunal ruling rejecting its territorial claims to much of the waters.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 14, 2016
Japan drops final match of Olympic tournament
Already eliminated Japan crashed to its fourth defeat of the Rio Olympics women's hockey tournament after going down 2-0 to Australia in its final Group B game Saturday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 29, 2016
Why Japan lost Aussie sub bid
The botched bidding process for a contract to build submarines for Australia's navy was an important lesson for Japan.
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JAPAN
Apr 15, 2016
First Japanese sub since WWII enters Sydney Harbor for naval exercise
A Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine arrived in Sydney Friday — the first time a Japanese sub has entered the harbor since World War II — to participate in bilateral exercises with its former foe.
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JAPAN
Apr 11, 2016
Japan's Defense Ministry, Australian Army to promote joint drills
Following the introduction of the new security laws, the Defense Ministry and the Australian Army agreed Monday to promote joint training between their troops while stepping up bilateral cooperation on other issues, officials said.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 10, 2016
Japanese submarine to take part in Australian military drills
The Maritime Self-Defense Force has announced its participation in joint drills with the Australian navy and air force.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2015
Japan to submit plan to Canberra to jointly develop Aussie subs
The government endorsed at a National Security Council meeting Thursday a proposal to jointly develop submarines for the Australian navy, government sources said.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2015
Bidders in Australian submarine project hit by hackers
All three bidders competing for a massive submarine contract have been targeted by Chinese and Russian cyberattacks.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 9, 2015
Return-starved mega-banks boost lending 25% in Australia
The nation's biggest banks are looking to get more bang for their buck Down Under, expanding loans in Australia 25 percent in the past year.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015
Japan, five TPP partners agree to review terms after seven years
Japan has agreed with five of the 12 nations involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative to launch talks, if requested, on their terms of agreement seven years after the pact's ratification, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2015
Japan, Australia urge North Korea not to engage in provocation
Japan and Australia on Wednesday pressed North Korea to abstain from provocative acts amid growing speculation that it may test-launch a long-range ballistic missile soon.
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JAPAN
Feb 9, 2015
Abbott pledge puts Japanese submarine deal in doubt
Officials in Australia and Japan on Monday expressed skepticism and confusion over a pledge by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to give an Australian state-owned shipbuilder the option to tender for a major submarine contract, heightening the uncertainty around the project.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 8, 2015
Is Australia ready to import Japan’s revolving-door-style politics?
Australian politics has worked itself into a frenzy. Prime Minister Tony Abbott, after ridiculing the previous Labor government for its public infighting, faces a leadership challenge from inside his own Liberal Party.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2014
Aussie official backpedals on foreign subs
Australia's defense minister apologized on Wednesday after saying he would not trust the government-owned submarine firm "to build a canoe," comments that fueled expectations that most work in a program costing 40 billion Australian dollars ($34 billion) will go offshore.
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2014
Japan, Australia leaders agree to speed up work on defense cooperation pact
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart have agreed to speed up work on a new defense pact that would facilitate joint exercises and deployments.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2014
Abe's astute Aussie diplomacy needs to be repeated in Asia
The recent joint declaration by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart, Tony Abbott, affirms that both countries have made great strides toward realizing a late 19th-century dream of closer ties.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2014
Australia urges Japan to further cut beef duty in Pacific trade talks
Australia is urging Japan to further lower its tariffs on beef under a Pacific Rim free-trade initiative after Tokyo has agreed to substantially cut them under a two-way free-trade deal struck in April, negotiation sources said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 3, 2014
Sudden switchbacks mark Canberra's ties with Tokyo
The Japan-Australia relationship is an odd one. Both are fairly loveless in Asia, and Australia has this ability to switch suddenly from an anti-Japan to an anti-China attitude of suspicion.

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