Japan-Australia Relations
Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
October 30, 2025
On October 30, commencing at 4:00 p.m. for approximately 25 minutes, Mr. MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a Japan-Australia Foreign Minister’s Meeting with Senator the Hon. Penny WONG, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia during his visit to the Republic of Korea for attending the APEC Ministerial Meeting. The overview of the meeting is as follows:
- At the outset, Minister Wong expressed her congratulations to Minister MOTEGI on his appointment as Foreign Minister. In response, Minister MOTEGI expressed his gratitude and stated that Japan and Australia are the central pillar of the coordination among like-minded countries for realizing a “Free and Open Indo Pacific” and emphasized his commitment to working closely with Minister Wong.
- The two Ministers shared an awareness of the current challenging strategic environment and concurred that Japan and Australia would promote multi-layered cooperation with the U.S. and other like-minded countries, including through frameworks such as Japan-U.S.-Australia, Japan-Australia-India-U.S.(Quad), and Japan-Australia-New Zealand-ROK.
- In addition, the two Ministers shared concerns about the impact of recent export control measures on critical minerals on supply chains and concurred that Japan and Australia would further advance concrete cooperation in the field of economic security, including supply chains for critical minerals.
- Finally, the two Ministers concurred that they would further strengthen concrete bilateral cooperation across a broad range of areas, including security, economy, economic security, and people-to-people exchanges, in light of the 50th anniversary in 2026 of the signing of the Japan and Australia Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation.