Bilateral Security Cooperation Pact With Japan Updated

Top Australian and Japanese officials have agreed to an updated security cooperation agreement, reports Reuters.

During the annual Australia-Japan Leaders’ Meeting on Saturday in Perth, Western Australia, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida signed a security cooperation agreement updating a 2007 pact.

Under the revamped security partnership, Japanese military personnel would train in northern Australia alongside Australian troops....