Australia-Japan relations

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    日豪の絆、投資で次の50年へ！経済安全保障で新連携

    日豪初の戦略金融協力覚書 オーストラリアと日本が、戦略的投資と経済安全保障で連携を深める新たな一歩を踏み出した。両国政府は、初となる共同戦略金融協力覚書に署名し、重要分野への投資を後押しする枠組みを設けた。 Australia and Japan have taken a new step towards closer economic cooperation. Their governments have signed their first joint strategic financing memorandum, creating a framework for investment and economic security. エネルギーから重要鉱物まで この覚書に基づく初の取り組みとして、東京のオーストラリア大使館で日豪戦略的投資ネットワーク・フォーラムが開催された。両国の政策、金融、貿易・投資促進に関わる19機関が参加し、エネルギー安全保障、重要鉱物、戦略インフラなどで協力を進める方法を話し合った。 The Australian Embassy in Tokyo hosted the first Strategic Investment Networking Forum under the new agreement. Representatives from 19 organisations discussed cooperation on energy security, critical minerals and strategic infrastructure. 日豪の強みを組み合わせる オーストラリアの資源、日本の技術や産業基盤、両国の金融力を組み合わせれば、供給網の強化や多様化につながる。協力の対象は両国内にとどまらず、インド太平洋地域の第三国への投資にも広がる可能性がある。 Australia’s natural resources and Japan’s technology and industrial strengths offer complementary advantages. Joint investment could diversify supply chains and support projects across both countries and the wider Indo-Pacific. 日豪関係といえば、資源や貿易、エネルギーがまず思い浮かぶ。今回の覚書は、両国が資金や専門知識を持ち寄り、共通の課題に取り組む関係へと進んでいることを示している。大切なのは、覚書や会議を実際の投資と成果につなげることだ。

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    Hungover Australian PM Lauds Australia-Japan Relations

    オーストラリア総理大臣トニーアボットが豪訪問中の日本首相安倍晋三氏と晩餐会を行い、翌朝豪テレビ番組に出演し、二日酔いでからかわれることになった。 Australia’s perennially embarrassing British-born Prime Minister Tony Abbott turns up for a TV interview fairly hung over after a night on the booze with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. アボット首相がかなり飲んだことを認めた。「責任を持った飲み方だった」というが、目がかなりやられているので、飲み方が責任を持って行ったかもしれないが全国放送で二日酔いに出演し、冗談を言うのはどうかなと思う。 If nothing else, at least the two countries seem to have decent relations. ま、両国仲良しを喜ぶべきだろう。

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    A Breakout Performance Focusing on Australia’s Cowra

    Kaura no Hancho Kaigi (Honchos’ Meeting in Cowra) superbly dramatizes events surrounding a definitive incident in Australia-Japan relations. The play being performed by the Rinkogun theater group daily until March 24 (with two shows on March 19 and 21) centers on the Cowra Breakout, an attempted escape by about 550 Japanese prisoners of war being held in an Australian POW camp in August 1944. Interwoven with the action surrounding the decision to rebel and attempt to escape or die trying by a group of men whose own homeland had effectively killed them by bureaucracy and cultural manipulation is a tale of a group of women making a film about the…

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    Kanagawa Lifeguards Finish Gold Coast Stint

    A group of eight lifeguards from Kanagawa Prefecture recently completed a successful stint working with counterparts on the Gold Coast as part of an exchange program. Gold Coast City Council Acting Community and Cultural Development Chair, Cr Margaret Grummitt, said the exchange was a great opportunity to share safety information and skills. “This exchange has been running for 12 years and promotes good relations with our Japanese counterparts. The visit helps share ideas and techniques to improve beach safety and is a great way to boost our cultural links with Japan,” she told mygc.com.au. It was the first time Japanese lifeguards had traveled to Queensland for two years, with the…

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    Australian Ambassador Urges Japanese TPP Involvement

    Australian Ambassador to Japan Bruce Miller has implored Japan to actively engage in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Miller, during an interview with a Japanese newspaper during the week, called the relationship between the two countries a “win-win” one, then went on to urge Japan to grow, saying that Asia could not grow without Japan. Miller spoke to the newspaper about the recently released white paper, “Australia in the Asian Century,” in which Japan was named as an important partner for Australia. Miller said that Australia can contribute to Asia in many ways, helping with economic growth through the stable supply of natural resources and contributing to regional security….