🌏 Asia May 6, 2026 · Maria Siow

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

South China Morning Post
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Anxious Australia and jittery Japan deepen ‘quasi-alliance’ for an uneasy age
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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 US$1 billion in critical minerals funding and laid the groundwork for what observers describe as the most comprehensive.

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