Year
2023
Publisher
ANU Press
Language
English
Pages
17
ISBN
978-1-76046-539-1
Last Update
30-Nov-2024
Keywords
International Relations ; security-studies-discipline ; Public Policy & Administration ; Political Science ; Asian Studies
On 24 January 2017, the Australian embassy in Tokyo hosted an informal afternoon tea for three former Japanese ambassadors to Australia. We were fortunate to be present as Ambassador Yoshio Okawara (1976-80), Ambassador Masaji Takahashi (1998-2001) and Ambassador Hideaki Ueda (2005-7) generously reflected on their time in Australia and their interactions with Australia’s leaders and ambassadorial representatives in Japan. These reminiscences were framed by broadbrush historical interpretations, situating the 1970s and early 1980s as crucial to the development of the Australia—Japan relationship, with Australia required to consider its regional relationship with Japan more seriously in the wake of Britain’s...
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