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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning a historic visit to Darwin, more than 75 years after the country's forces bombed the city during the Second World War.
The visit in November would be the first of a Japanese leader in Darwin since the country's devastating air raids on the city, reports ABC.
Some 235 people were killed and nearly 400 people were injured when 188 Japanese planes attacked the capital of the Northern Territory in 1942.
Abe will be welcomed by Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Darwin before the two leaders continue in Papua New Guinea for the APEC summit.
Last year, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hailed the reconciliation between the two countries at a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Darwin attack.
During a visit to Tokyo at the beginning of the year, he and Mr. Abe discussed the need to strengthen defense links.
