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TOKYO (Reuters) – Australian media reported on Saturday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Darwin in November, a first for a Japanese leader.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a press conference after winning the ruling party leadership vote at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan on September 20, 2018. REUTERS / Toru Hanai
Abe will tour a $ 40 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project run by Japan's Inpex Corp., according to Sky News and ABC News.
Mr Abe will also use this visit to consolidate military ties with Australia as a result of an agreement reached between the two countries to conduct joint training exercises and to increase cooperation in the field of defense.
Abe's visit to Darwin would be the first of a Japanese leader since the Japanese army hit its main military port, killing more than 250 people in several bombings in 1942 and 1943, media reports said.
Abe will visit Darwin before attending the APEC Leaders Summit in Port Moresby.
Report by Stanley White; Editing by Tom Hogue
