Bound by anxiety: Japan and Australia deepen ties for an uneasy age

Australia and Japan boost military ties against China

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has proclaimed that the country will play a “more proactive” role in the Indo-Pacific, amid a flurry of regional visits all directed against Beijing.

Bound by anxiety: Japan and Australia deepen ties for an uneasy age

Shared concerns about trade coercion and energy shocks are driving the two middle powers to ‘institutionalise’ their partnership.

Inside the six critical minerals projects driving Australia–Japan cooperation

Workers at Kalgoorlie Nickel’s office and core yard preparing bulk samples for test work. Image: Ardea ResourcesArdea Resources, Lynas Rare Earths and Alcoa are among six Australian critical minerals companies now in the spotlight following the Australia–Japan Joint Statement on Elevated Critical Minerals Cooperation, signed this week in Canberra. The declaration – reported by Australian Mining yesterday – positions the six projects as strategic…