Visit to Japan, April 2017

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop delivers an address at the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Commerce Agreement commemoration event in Tokyo on 19 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop delivers an address at the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Commerce Agreement commemoration event in Tokyo on 19 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Steven Ciobo with Japanese State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Nobuo Kishi, Australian Ambassador to Japan, Mr Richard Court AC and Mrs Jo Court at the 60th anniversary of the

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Steven Ciobo with Japanese State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Nobuo Kishi, Australian Ambassador to Japan, Mr Richard Court AC and Mrs Jo Court at the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Commerce Agreement commemoration event at the Australian Embassy, Tokyo on 19 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Australian Ambassador to Japan, Mr Richard Court AC, Mrs Jo Court and the New Colombo Plan Scholars at the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Commerce Agreement commemoration event at the Australian Embassy, Tokyo

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Australian Ambassador to Japan, Mr Richard Court AC, Mrs Jo Court and the New Colombo Plan Scholars at the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Commerce Agreement commemoration event at the Australian Embassy, Tokyo on 19 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Gen Nakatani, Member of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Gen Nakatani, Member of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Shigeru Ishiba, Member of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Shigeru Ishiba, Member of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne meet with Members of the House of Representatives, Mr Shigeru Ishiba, Mr Gen Nakatani, Ms Yoko Kamikawa, Mr Koichiro Gemba, Mr Kazuo Kitagawa, Mr Seiji Maehara, Mr Itsunori Onodera, Mr Isamu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne meet with Members of the House of Representatives, Mr Shigeru Ishiba, Mr Gen Nakatani, Ms Yoko Kamikawa, Mr Koichiro Gemba, Mr Kazuo Kitagawa, Mr Seiji Maehara, Mr Itsunori Onodera, Mr Isamu Ueda and Professor Yoriko Kawaguchi of Meiji Institute for Global Affairs with Australian Ambassador to Japan, Mr Richard Court AC and Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, AC, Chief of the Defence Force in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Isamu Ueda, Member of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Isamu Ueda, Member of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Shigeru Kitamura, Director, Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Shigeru Kitamura, Director, Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Defence Minister Marise Payne meets with Japanese security officials in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Defence Minister Marise Payne meets with Japanese security officials in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne at the Japanese Prime Minister’s office in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne at the Japanese Prime Minister’s office in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne conduct a doorstop interview with Japanese and Australian media at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne conduct a doorstop interview with Japanese and Australian media at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Professor Satoshi Morimoto, Chancellor, Takushoku University together with Australian Ambassador to Japan, Mr Richard Court AC and Mr Bassim Blazey, Minister-Counsellor, Australian Embassy Tokyo on 20 April 2017. P

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Professor Satoshi Morimoto, Chancellor, Takushoku University together with Australian Ambassador to Japan, Mr Richard Court AC and Mr Bassim Blazey, Minister-Counsellor, Australian Embassy Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the Australian Embassy Tokyo with Australian Ambassador to Japan, Mr Richard Court AC on 20 April 2017.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the Australian Embassy Tokyo with Australian Ambassador to Japan, Mr Richard Court AC on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Ms Marikki Watego, Australian Women’s Open Team Member, Touch Football Australia at the Australian Embassy Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Ms Marikki Watego, Australian Women’s Open Team Member, Touch Football Australia at the Australian Embassy Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Japanese female touch football players at the Australian Embassy Tokyo on 20 April 2017.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Japanese female touch football players at the Australian Embassy Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Japanese touch football players at the Australian Embassy Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Japanese touch football players at the Australian Embassy Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Japanese touch football players, Mr Shusaku Kuchimoto, Chairman of the Japan Touch Association, Mr Wayne Grant, High Performance Manager, Touch Football Australia and Ms Marikki Watego, Australian Women’s Open Team

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Japanese touch football players, Mr Shusaku Kuchimoto, Chairman of the Japan Touch Association, Mr Wayne Grant, High Performance Manager, Touch Football Australia and Ms Marikki Watego, Australian Women’s Open Team Member, Touch Football Australia together with Mr Richard Court AC, Mrs Jo Court and Australia Japan Foundation Board Members Ms Debra Hazelton, General Manager, Mizuho Financial Group and Mr Gary Quinlan AO, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade at the Australian Embassy Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Defence Minister Marise Payne, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Defence Minister Marise Payne, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Defence Minister Marise Payne, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Defence Minister Marise Payne, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Defence Minister Marise Payne, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimiz

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Defence Minister Marise Payne, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shi

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at a Joint Press Conference for the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 201

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at a Joint Press Conference for the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at a Joint Press Conference for the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 201

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at a Joint Press Conference for the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shi

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister Tomomi Inada at the Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministers' Meeting (2+2) in Tokyo on 20 April 2017. Photo Credit: DFAT/Ken Shimizu