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Precisely as Australia, along with the United States and Japan, held their 14th trilateral dialogue and consultation on security, military , and defense matters, Japan deployed its first troops to Australian territory.

These military personnel are not stationed permanently in Australia but are rotated every six months. This helps Australia and Japan avoid being perceived as having a Japanese military base on Australian territory.

The location was Darwin, Australia – a city with strategically important military, naval, and air bases for both the US and Australia. The choice of this location as a Japanese military base also had political significance and served as a reconciliation between Australia and Japan, as Darwin had been heavily bombarded and devastated by Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II. For Australia, Darwin was likened to Pearl Harbor for the United States.

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles

Representatives from the U.S., Australian, and Japanese defense ministries stated that Japanese soldiers have begun rotational deployments in Australia to train in coordination with the Australian military and the more than 2,000 U.S. troops permanently stationed in the city. Nominally, this is true. However, in reality, the Japanese soldiers are deployed so far because Japan prioritizes its immediate focus on and addressing global security and political challenges arising from its immediate neighbors in the region.

Trilateral cooperation with the United States and Australia in this area is one of the crucial and key links in the network of bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, and multilateral political, security, military, and defense linkages that Japan is striving to build with parties inside and outside the region to address challenges and establish its position in the Indo-Pacific region.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vuon-xa-nhin-gan-185241117203643703.htm