Australia PM Turnbull in Japan for economic, security talks
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull kicked off his one-day visit to Japan with an excursion to a Japanese military training camp with his Japanese counterpart Thursday, showcasing close ties amid missile and nuclear threat from North Korea.
Turnbull and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe viewed a PAC-3 missile interceptor at a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force camp in Funabashi city, just outside Tokyo. The two leaders also got inside a Bushmaster armored vehicle, which was developed in Australia and adopted by Japan’s military in 2014.
Turnbull told reporters the visit was a reminder of the big threats in the region, “terrorism on the one hand, and, of course, the reckless regime in North Korea on the other.
