Japan's bid to tighten military cooperation with Australia is only the latest of the giant strides it has made in the past three years in becoming a full partner in building collective security in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, takes his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull for a viewing of special operations exercises near Tokyo on Jan. 18.
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