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Japan Cements Ties with Australia as Defense Alliance Deepens
Japan and Australia are strengthening their defense ties, with Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi making his second visit to Australia in just four months, building on a landmark deal to supply Australia with up to 11 Upgraded Mogami frigates. This flurry of high-level meetings underscores the deepening alliance between the two nations, with Defence Minister Richard Marles hailing Japan as a country with which Australia has a "greater strategic alignment" than any other.