The trilateral amphibious training between Australia, Japan and the U.S. Marine rotational force in northern Australia will begin in 2025 with Exercise Talisman Sabre.

In a joint statement, the ministers shared “serious concern” over destabilising actions in the East and South China Seas, including “dangerous conduct” by China’s military against vessels from the Phi

Australia has ramped up security ties with Japan amid growing fears over China’s military might, green lighting annual deployments of hundreds of Japanese troops to Darwin and a new alliance-style agreement with Tokyo and Washington to counter regional threats.