“What defence minister [Marles] is rightly saying is that the Australia-Japan security partnership has developed and become clearer, and there is a desire for deeper cooperation,” said Ben Ascione, an assistant professor of international relations at Tokyo’s Waseda University.
Marles, who also serves as Australia’s deputy prime minister, earlier said in an interview with Kyodo News that his country sought to “work more closely with Japan” on the development of cutting-edge security technology, due…
