January 14 , 2022
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	- The leaders of Japan and Australia signed a “landmark” defence agreement.
 
	- This allows closer cooperation between their militaries and stands as a rebuke to China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. 
 
	- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met at a virtual summit to sign the Reciprocal Access Agreement.
 
	- This is the first such defence pact signed by Japan with any country other than the United States.
 
                                 
                            
                                
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