Australia and Japan are set to discuss a major defence co-operation pact, against the backdrop of an increasingly assertive China and lingering concerns over the US commitment to the Asia-Pacific region.
Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s prime minister, will hold talks on Thursday aimed at finalising a “visiting forces agreement” with Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, which could see both nations’ armed forces train in each other’s countries.
It would be the first such agreement entered into by Japan, although it has a longstanding “status of forces” pact with the US that sets the legal parameters for the stationing of American troops on its territory.
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