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Australia, Japan to sign security cooperation treaty
Australia and Japan are set to sign a treaty to beef up defence and security cooperation at a virtual summit on Thursday (Jan 6), after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cancelled trips to Australia and the United States due a surge in COVID-19 cases. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that the two leaders will sign a Reciprocal Access Agreement, which will for the first time set out a framework for the two countries' defence forces to cooperate with each other. "This treaty will be a statement of our two nations’ commitment to work together in meeting the shared strategic security challenges we face ... (full story)