Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles will tomorrow welcome Japan\u2019s Minister of Defense, Koizumi Shinjiro, to Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministers will convene in Melbourne for an Australia-Japan Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting and a tour of JS Kumano<\/em>, a Mogami class frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Japan is an indispensable partner to Australia. As Special Strategic Partners, we have one of the closest and most enduring partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, underpinned by deep mutual trust, shared values and a high level of strategic alignment built over decades of cooperation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Defence engagement is a central pillar of the Australia-Japan partnership, reflecting our shared commitment to regional stability and the deep practical cooperation between our defence forces. The selection of the upgraded Mogami class frigate as Australia\u2019s future general purpose frigate will see our two countries working more closely than ever before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis year marks the 50th anniversary of the Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Australia and Japan, and our partnership continues to go from strength to strength. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI look forward to meeting with my good friend Minister Koizumi today to discuss opportunities to deepen Australia and Japan\u2019s defence partnership, including by increasing collaboration between our defence industrial bases through Australia\u2019s general purpose frigate program.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles will tomorrow welcome Japan\u2019s Minister of Defense, Koizumi Shinjiro, to Australia. The Ministers will convene in Melbourne for an Australia-Japan Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting and a tour of JS Kumano, a Mogami class frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Japan is an indispensable partner to Australia. As … Continue reading “Visit by Japan’s Minister of Defense”<\/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-38506","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\/38506","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=38506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38507,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38506\/revisions\/38507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}