Australia and Japan have been among the global front runners in managing the COVID-19 health crisis and are positioned to lead the lifting of economic restrictions and the economic global recovery if they can contain second-wave outbreaks of the pandemic.
A virtual summit on Thursday between the two countries' prime ministers, Scott Morrison and Shinzo Abe, provides a chance to deepen the bilateral relationship and signal a commitment to broader regional cooperation that can help improve outcomes in the post-COVID-19 world.
