The Australian Embassy in Tokyo and Australia�Japan Relations,

Year

2023

Publisher

ANU Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-76046-539-1

Link

Last Update

11-Dec-2025

Keywords

International Relations ; security-studies-discipline ; Public Policy & Administration ; Political Science ; Asian Studies

Description

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...