File photo shows Australian soldiers in Afghanistan. Australia's foreign affairs and defence ministers will travel to Japan this week for talks on boosting security cooperation between the Pacific allies, Tokyo said Tuesday. (AFP/File/Shah Marai)From Yahoo News/AFP:
TOKYO (AFP) – Australia's foreign affairs and defence ministers will travel to Japan this week for talks on boosting security cooperation between the Pacific allies, Tokyo said Tuesday.
It will be the second so-called "two-plus-two" meeting since the nations signed a security pact last year, officially pacifist Japan's first such deal other than its military alliance with the United States.
The countries' foreign affairs and defence ministers "will discuss the international situation and specific ways to enhance security cooperation between Japan and Australia," a Japanese foreign ministry statement said.
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