Anxious Australia and jittery Japan deepen ‘quasi-alliance’ for an uneasy age

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South China Morning Post

Japan’s prime minister touched down in Australia on Sunday with a set of shared anxieties – about Trump, China and the fragility of supply chains that the two insular nations have long relied upon – to which she sought some small relief. By the time she departed, Sanae Takaichi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had signed an economic security pact, unlocked nearly US1 billion in critical minerals funding and laid the groundwork for what observers describe as the most comprehensive...