Japan, Australia Deepen Defense Cooperation.

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* Prime Ministers Scott Morrison of Australia and Fumio Kishida of Japan signed a Reciprocal Access Agreement to deepen military cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and "ensure the preservation of the international rules-based order."

The pair signed the agreement during a virtual ceremony after holding talks about a rising China and how to further the goals of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a group of four nations with similar goals that includes the United States and India, according to press reports.

"The Australia-Japan RAA will establish standing...