Turmoil in the Middle East has recast Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s inaugural visit to Australia this week from a routine bilateral trip into a strategic imperative.
Australia’s energy supply chain vulnerabilities have heightened the urgency to shore up our ties with Tokyo. The war with Iran and the subsequent prolonged blockade of the Strait of Hormuz (a major global oil shipping route) has exposed Australia’s heavy reliance on fuel imports from oil refining Asian nations, including Japan.
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