Australia in Japan security deal
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Japan and Australia are to sign a security pact - the first Japan has made with a nation other than the US.
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Australian prime minister John Howard proposes an anti-terror force which could be deployed elsewhere in Asia.
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The Howard Government is considering a new security agreement with Indonesia covering defence co-operation, anti-terrorism and police operations, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said yesterday.
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Japan unveils a new defence policy, including a bigger role in global military cooperation.
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Japan and the United States have signed an agreement to encourage cooperation on developing a missile defense system. Japanese Defense Minister Yoshinori Ono signed a memorandum of understanding
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Australia said it was considering signing a new security agreement with Indonesia to replace a treaty between the countries that was scrapped when Canberra sent troops into East Timor in 1999.
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Australia said Thursday it would send a ship to pick up two anti-whaling activists who jumped on a Japanese harpoon vessel from a rubber boat in Antarctic waters, offering a solution to a tense, two-day standoff on the high seas.
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JOHN Howard has announced a $98.7 million investment in counter-terrorism that includes pushing cutting-edge Australian technology into the Asia-Pacific.
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Preventing terrorists from getting their hands on nuclear material was the focus Monday of a meeting in Australia among government ministers and diplomats from across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Australia said Wednesday that Japan has agreed to release two activists detained after going aboard a Japanese whaling ship near Antarctica, as whale hunters and defenders traded accusations of piracy.
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Prime Minister John Howard said Friday he is unlikely to sign a nonaggression pact with Australia&#39;s Asian neighbors. The issue is reportedly causing tension ahead of Howard&#39;s visit
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Tokyo, Dec. 17 (VNA) - Japan and the United States signed an agreement on Friday that stipulates the details of bilateral cooperation on a ballistic missile defence system, according to Kyodo news service.
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Australia and France signed an agreement on military cooperation designed to enhance their ability to work together, the defence ministry in Paris said.
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Japan and the United States signed an  agreement on Friday cementing cooperation on the development of  a ballistic missile defense system.
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Australia's John Howard arrives in Japan on a visit that will include signing a bilateral security pact.
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Australia will seal a security relationship with Japan next week stronger than its defense ties with any country except the United States, but Prime Minister John Howard dismissed concerns it would harm ties with China.
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Leaders from Russia and Australia signed a deal Friday to export Australian uranium to fuel Russian nuclear reactors, but promised it would not be transferred to Iran's disputed atomic program.