Opinion

Japan and Australia face a turning point in world history

Canberra and Tokyo back a free and open international order against unilateral attempts to coerce, says a contender in Japan’s prime ministerial race.

Yoko KamikawaForeign Minister of Japan

Sep 5, 2024 – 5.00am

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I am overjoyed to be returning to Australia after five years – and for the first time as foreign minister – to attend the 11th Japan-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (Japan-Australia 2+2).

Ten hours of travelling brings me from the heat of Japan to an Australia that is at long last welcoming spring.

Yoko Kamikawa is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.