SYDNEY -- Australia and Japan will establish a Pacific digital infrastructure and cybersecurity initiative and expand their defense ties to include more joint training and air force exercises, the countries' defense and foreign ministers said on Thursday.
The announcements followed talks in the "two-plus-two" format held in Queenscliff, south of Melbourne, building on the nations' deepening ties in the face of concerns over what is seen as China's increasingly assertive stance in the region.
