O n October 6th the prime ministers of Australia and Papua New Guinea stood side by side, buffeted by gusts of westerly wind ...

China’s military has raised concerns over expanded joint exercises involving the United States, Japan, and South Korea, describing them as a potential threat to regional security. A commentary in the ...

Handout/AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE/AFP Australia will upgrade its navy with 11 Mogami-class frigates built by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday. Billed ...

Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, left, and Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy address a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, August 5, 2025.

Australia will purchase general-purpose navy frigates from Japan in a deal worth up to $6.5 billion, according to government authorities from both countries. Japan and Australia will jointly develop ...

Australia last week announced a $6.5 billion deal to buy advanced warships from Japan, a move that can go a long way to making Canberra a Pacific maritime power and Tokyo a major weapons exporter, ...

The Australian dollar may struggle to hold gains against the yen in the near term as the resurgence in US-China trade ...

Australia can’t be a regional climate leader unless it has hard conversations about LNG with its friends in Japan and South Korea. Behind closed doors, Australia has been lobbying hard to secure its ...

Japan has won Australia’s multi-billion dollar frigate project, in an epoch-making decision that will elevate the bilateral relationship to even greater heights as quasi-allies in coming decades. On ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Australia said Tuesday it accepted a Japanese company's bid for a lucrative and hotly contested contract to build Australian warships, expected to be worth 10 billion ...