{"id":12023,"date":"2022-10-23T05:53:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T03:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=12023"},"modified":"2022-10-23T05:54:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T03:54:02","slug":"japan-and-australia-sign-landmark-security-agreement-to-counter-regional-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/japan-and-australia-sign-landmark-security-agreement-to-counter-regional-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan and Australia sign landmark security agreement to counter regional threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Japan and Australia have signed a new bilateral security pact&nbsp;covering military, intelligence, and cybersecurity cooperation to strengthen defense ties and counter China\u2019s increasing assertiveness in the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Japan\u2019s Prime Minister&nbsp;Fumio&nbsp;Kishida signed the joint security declaration&nbsp;at the annual Australia-Japan Leaders&#8217; Meeting in the city of Perth on October 22. The pact is an update to an existing 2007 bilateral security declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation (JDSC) charts a path for closer security and defense cooperation between Australia and Japan over the next decade. The joint statement said that the countries recognize that the \u201cpartnership must continue to evolve to meet growing risks to our shared values and mutual strategic interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The updated security declaration also calls for further collaboration in the areas of space, cyber and regional capacity-building. The two countries would also share more sensitive intelligence and conduct joint military exercises. The two sides would also expand cooperation across energy transition, climate change, disaster response, health security, maritime security, and economic security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Japanese Prime Minister Fumio <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kishida230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kishida230<\/a> and I signed the declaration today in Perth, reflecting the strong and growing Special Strategic Partnership between our two countries. <br><br>Together we are accelerating efforts to realise a stable, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ltLy4rApOQ\">pic.twitter.com\/ltLy4rApOQ<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlboMP\/status\/1583688197250293760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Japanese and Australian forces to&nbsp;hold joint training<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan\u2019s Self-Defense Forces will train and take part in exercises with the Australian military in northern Australia for the first time under the agreement &#8211; the first of its kind Japan has signed with any country other than the United States. The pact would reinforce Japan\u2019s and Australia\u2019s bilateral security treaties with the United States that underpin peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, according to the officials. \u201cDeepening trilateral cooperation with the United States is critical to enhancing our strategic alignment, policy coordination, interoperability and joint capability\u201d the joint statement noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two countries are central to the U.S.\u2019s strategy of building a network of&nbsp;alliances in the Indo-Pacific&nbsp;to counter China\u2019s influence in the region. While the joint declaration doesn\u2019t specifically mention China, the Japanese and Australian leaders expressed concerns in a separate statement about Beijing\u2019s moves in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strategic Partnership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Japanese leader said the two nations had been working to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific and agreed to expand the security and defense cooperation under the cooperative framework in intelligence, logistics, and operational aspects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe concurred that our special strategic partnership had risen to a new and higher level,\u201d Kishida said, adding that Australia and Japan share fundamental values and interests in \u201can increasingly severe strategic environment\u201d without naming any country. Prime Minister Kishida also expressed his resolve to examine all options necessary for national defense, including so-called \u201ccounterstrike capabilities\u201d and stated his determination to fundamentally reinforce Japan\u2019s defense capabilities within the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a press conference, Australian Prime Minister Albanese said that \u201cThe level of interaction which we have reflects very much the special strategic partnership that Australia and Japan have. We two countries really matter to each other now more than ever.\u201d He added that \u201cThis landmark declaration sends a strong signal to the region of our strategic alignment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Australia-Japan.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Australia-Japan.jpeg?resize=842%2C474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12025\" width=\"842\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Australia-Japan.jpeg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Australia-Japan.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Australia-Japan.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><sup>Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese during a joint press announcement on October 22, 2022, in Perth, Australia. (Image Credit: Kyodo)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Climate and Energy Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Albanese and Kishida also discussed climate change, expressing support for the transition to net zero carbon emissions and boosting investment in clean energy. Australia is the largest supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG), coal, and other kinds of energy to Japan, and \u201cis of the utmost importance to Japan&#8217;s energy security\u201d said Kishida. He added that the countries would further develop ties in the energy sector in the wake of the fuel crisis due to the war in Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two leaders recognized the importance of renewable and clean energy technologies in improving energy security and economic prosperity. They vowed to strengthen cooperation to ensure better access to affordable, reliable, and secure clean energy in the Indo-Pacific while moving towards a net zero world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minerals Cooperation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia and Japan also announced a critical minerals partnership to build secure critical mineral supply chains and promote investment, facilitate commercial arrangements, develop Australia\u2019s domestic critical minerals sector, and ensure Japan has the supply of critical minerals required for its advanced manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Critical Minerals Partnership was signed by Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia Madeleine King and Hirohide Hirai Japan\u2019s Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. \u201cThis new partnership will be a welcome boost to Australia\u2019s critical minerals sector\u201d and strengthen Australia\u2019s deep ties and ongoing trade relationship with Japan and would build on existing trade supply chains, Minister King said. Australia has some of the world\u2019s largest reserves of critical minerals, including rare earths, which are crucial components of clean energy technologies such as batteries, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and solar panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two leaders also welcomed progress on bilateral cooperation to strengthen economic security, particularly through the Quad and the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, and agreed to explore further opportunities to build stronger and more resilient supply chains, such as for semiconductors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia and Japan have signed a new bilateral security pact covering military, intelligence and cybersecurity cooperation to strengthen defense ties and counter China\u2019s increasing assertiveness in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[124,1],"tags":[137,380,136,45,331,6,134,377,226,46,184,5,113],"class_list":["post-12023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-news","tag-asia","tag-asia-pacific","tag-australia","tag-china","tag-cyber","tag-defense","tag-economy","tag-indo-pacific","tag-intelligence","tag-japan","tag-maritime","tag-military","tag-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Australia-Japan-leaders-meet-in-Perth.jpg?fit=690%2C370&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jJWb-37V","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12023"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12049,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023\/revisions\/12049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}