TOKYO: Key ministers from Japan and Australia will meet on Wednesday to beef up their defense relations, including a possible future submarine deal, as a rising China stirs tension in the Asia-Pacific region.

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera will play host in Tokyo to Julie Bishop and David Johnston, their respective opposite numbers, for the fifth round of so-called “2+2” talks.

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