Marles meets with Japanese counterpart to ‘deepen’ defence relationship

Defence Minister Richard Marles meets with his Japanese counterpart to discuss the establishment of a framework for strategic defence coordination.

“Japan is our trusted and indispensable partner,” Mr Marles said.

“This is about deepening the defence relationship, which is already very significant, and bringing the maximum ambition to each of these areas, to ensure that we are working as closely together as we possibly can in the future.

“Today we talked about how our defence establishments can work together across every domain.”