Australia and Japan Discuss Security, Space, and Trade Partnership Amid Growing Tensions With Beijing

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe shake hands during a bilateral meeting ahead of the official start of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 27, 2019. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Prime ministers Scott Morrison and Shinzo Abe met in a virtual leaders summit on July 9 to discuss ways for Australia and Japan to work together as trading partners and strategic allies as tensions grow in the Indo-Pacific region.

Morrison said the meeting would build on the Australian-Japanese Special Strategic Partnership in a time when “there was global economic and strategic uncertainty.”