{"id":18710,"date":"2022-10-19T01:14:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T01:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=18710"},"modified":"2022-10-19T01:14:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T01:14:11","slug":"visit-to-australia-by-the-prime-minister-of-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/10\/19\/visit-to-australia-by-the-prime-minister-of-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"VISIT TO AUSTRALIA BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of Japan, His Excellency Mr Kishida Fumio, to Australia on 22 October as a Guest of Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Albanese and Prime Minister Kishida will meet in Perth for the Annual Australia\u2013Japan Leaders\u2019 Meeting. This will be the first visit to Australia by a Japanese Prime Minister since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan is one of Australia\u2019s closest friends and a key partner in the region. The strong relationship between both countries is underpinned by a Special Strategic Partnership, shared values, and a common interest in a peaceful, stable, climate resilient and prosperous Indo\u2011Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This visit provides an opportunity for Australia to further deepen its relationship with Japan and explore new areas to strengthen cooperation, bilaterally and in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discussions between leaders will look to strengthen the defence and security partnership, and leaders will consider next steps to implement the Reciprocal Access Agreement which will enhance the ability of defence forces to operate and exercise together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaders will also discuss ways to address the climate crisis and support our region to transition to net zero. This includes capturing opportunities to scale up investment in clean energy technologies and supply chains. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Western Australia will provide the perfect backdrop for this visit. The state has played an important role supporting Japan\u2019s energy security and will be vital to both countries\u2019 plans for clean energy transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prime-minister-albanese-said\">Prime Minister Albanese said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am honoured to welcome Prime Minister Kishida to Australia, on his first visit as Japan\u2019s Prime Minister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJapan is a close and trusted friend of Australia\u2014our partnership is fundamental to both countries\u2019 strategic and economic interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPrime Minister Kishida and I will discuss ways to strengthen our cooperation and achieve our shared vision for a peaceful, stable, climate resilient and prosperous Indo\u2011Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are strengthening our longstanding trade relationship with Japan while also looking to seize new opportunities as our economies transition to net zero.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs Australia seeks to become a clean energy superpower, we will remain a steady and reliable supplier of energy to Japan including for new energy sources like hydrogen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of Japan, His Excellency Mr Kishida Fumio, to Australia on 22 October as a Guest of Government. Prime Minister Albanese and Prime Minister Kishida will meet in Perth for the Annual Australia\u2013Japan Leaders\u2019 Meeting. This will be the first visit to Australia by a Japanese Prime &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/10\/19\/visit-to-australia-by-the-prime-minister-of-japan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;VISIT TO AUSTRALIA BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18711,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18710\/revisions\/18711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}