As the relationship between Australia and China cooled, the Japanese ambassador to Australia gave a lecture in the field, calling for a reduction in dependence on China and an emphasis on relations with Japan.
China, which opposed Australia's view last year that an independent investigation into the source of the new coronavirus was needed, added tariffs on Australian wine and barley, chilling bilateral relations.
Under these circumstances, Japan's Ambassador to Australia, Shingo Yamagami, spoke to the local media in Canberra on the 21st, stating that "trade should not be a means of exerting political pressure" and a trade dispute with China. Showed support for the Australian side.
He also mentioned that in 2010, China virtually stopped exporting rare earths to Japan in the wake of a Chinese fishing boat colliding with a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. It is important to find alternative trading partners and diversify the risks, "he said, calling for less reliance on China in the trade arena.
In addition, the Japanese spacecraft "Hayabusa2" returned to the desert of Australia last year, and the demonstration experiment of hydrogen production and export, which is being promoted mainly by Japanese companies in southeastern Australia, is cited as an example of space development and climate. He said that cooperation could be expanded in fields such as fluctuation issues, and called for an emphasis on relations with Japan.