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Inside Albanese and Kishida’s unprecedented pushback against China

An excerpt from an article in the Weekend Australian by Greg Sheridan more than suggests ongoing opportunities for FFI … Japan would be a very accessible market for green hydrogen and for research and other strategic partnerships.

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[[[ Tokyo views Australia as a critically important and reliable supplier of natural resources and food to Japan. Kishida told Inquirer: “Japan highly appreciates Australia’s role as a stable supplier of resources and a trusted destination for investment. Furthermore, co-operation on decarbonisation … is a new frontier for the economic partnership.”

Well-informed sources suggest the Japanese have been a little spooked by some of the debate around Australian gas production and the need to priorities domestic customers over longstanding export customers like Japan, as well as some of the hostility to such resources projects in Australia.

“The export of resources and energy in the form of coal, iron ore and LNG from Australia to Japan, and the investment in those sectors from Japan to Australia, have underpinned the economic relationship between our two countries,” Kishida said.

He will seek a personal assurance from Albanese about the reliability of Australian gas exports to Japan. For his part, Albanese will assure Kishida Australia will not be interrupting long-term gas contracts with Japan. Historically, Japan has strategically relied on Australia for energy security. ]]]