Australia and Japan should split the burden of protecting critical sea lines of communication (SLOC) in the Pacific. In an ASPI special report published today, Japan-Australia defence cooperation in the Pacific: The case for a partial division of …
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A rise in anti-Japanese sentiment among the Chinese public in the past month is not unprecedented, but rather an extension of a steady rise since 2023. The surge, which followed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark …
The Japanese public’s strong confidence in their new—and first female—prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, gives her government a window to strengthen Japan’s approach to hybrid threats. To do so, her government could draw on Australia’s experience …
Chinese state media and diplomatic social media accounts intensified efforts to erode Japan’s standing as an Indo-Pacific defence and security partner in 2025, research by Japan Nexus Intelligence and ASPI shows. Whereas earlier campaigns relied …
Australia’s strategic outlook shifted decisively when Japan announced this month that a conflict over Taiwan could constitute a threat to Japanese national survival. That statement, unprecedented in Japan’s postwar history, alters the prospective structure of …