Japan's ambassador to Australia has used a major speech in Canberra to call for the two countries to form an "equilateral" security triangle with the United States, while championing the role of gas in the clean energy transition.
Kazuhiro Suzuki's address to the National Press Club comes as both Australia and Japan continue to expand defence ties in the wake of the government's landmark decision to select Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build the Australian navy's new fleet of warships.
Japan and Australia share deep concerns about China's rapid military build-up, as well as its increasingly aggressive posture in the South China Sea, East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and strat
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