Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Australia’s ‘Engagement with Asia’
- 2 An Overview
- 3 The Rhetoric of Asia
- 4 Australia and Asia: A View From Europe
- 5 Australia’s Defence Policies in the Post–Cold War Era
- 6 Australia, Disarmament and Arms Control
- 7 Australia and the World Economy 1991–95: Closer Economic Integration with Asia?
- 8 Australia and the International Environment
- 9 Australia and Japan
- 10 Australia and Southeast Asia
- 11 Australia and China, 1991–95: Asymmetry and Congruence in the Post–Cold War Era
- 12 Australia and the Four Asian Dragons: Beyond the Economic Agenda?
- 13 Reassessed: Australia’s Relationship with the United States
- 14 Australia and the European Union
- 15 Australian Relations with the Former Communist States of Europe and the Soviet Union
- 16 Australia and New Zealand: Unequal Partners on the Periphery
- 17 Australia and the South Pacific: The Rationalist Ascendancy
- Notes
- Index
9 - Australia and Japan
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Australia’s ‘Engagement with Asia’
- 2 An Overview
- 3 The Rhetoric of Asia
- 4 Australia and Asia: A View From Europe
- 5 Australia’s Defence Policies in the Post–Cold War Era
- 6 Australia, Disarmament and Arms Control
- 7 Australia and the World Economy 1991–95: Closer Economic Integration with Asia?
- 8 Australia and the International Environment
- 9 Australia and Japan
- 10 Australia and Southeast Asia
- 11 Australia and China, 1991–95: Asymmetry and Congruence in the Post–Cold War Era
- 12 Australia and the Four Asian Dragons: Beyond the Economic Agenda?
- 13 Reassessed: Australia’s Relationship with the United States
- 14 Australia and the European Union
- 15 Australian Relations with the Former Communist States of Europe and the Soviet Union
- 16 Australia and New Zealand: Unequal Partners on the Periphery
- 17 Australia and the South Pacific: The Rationalist Ascendancy
- Notes
- Index
Summary
In a remarkable article published in the official journal of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in December 1992, the Director-General of the Economic Affairs Bureau and one of the most senior figures in the Ministry, Kazuo Ogura, wrote in an analysis of Japan’s diplomacy that only Australia could fill the role of Japan’s real partner in an Asian-Pacific regional alliance: their similar democratic values, market economies and approach to free trade, and common interests in security and political matters, gave the two countries a firm basis for a continuing and closer partnership. This view was warmly endorsed by Australia’s Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans, as echoing his own remarks about Australia being a natural ally of Japan, and was enthusiastically taken up by the Australian press in terms of the opportunity and challenge presented to Australia.
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- Australia in World Affairs 1991–1995Seeking Asian Engagement, pp. 97 - 107Publisher: Cambridge University PressFirst published in: 2024