relations
Japan has always had a close and warm relationship with Australia. Japan is Australia's largest trading partner and shares the same close ties with the western world. Japan's relations have recently expanded from strong economic and commercial links to areas such as tourism, culture, defense and scientific cooperation.
Australian trade shifted from other commonwealth countries towards Asia in the late 1960's. Japan has emerged as the leading trading partner as in 1966-67 Japan overtook the UK as Australia's largest market for exports. Japan is now Australia's second largest export center after China and the US and because of this Australia has a lot of trade surplus with Japan.
Australia supplies Japan with a lot of food a raw materials. In 1990 Australia counted as 5.3 percent of Japan's total imports and Japan is also a very strong importer of Australia's uranium. By 1988 Australia had become Japan's first choice of regional imports. Also, the recent band on American and Canadian beef made Australia the largest supplier of beef to Japan. Investment rates from Japan to Australia have also increased as a higher amount of people are buying houses over in Australia resulting in a higher real estate economy for the country particularly in coastal areas such as the Gold Coast. Australia and Japan also share a strong bond over tourism with both countries attracting a high amount of visitors from each other. Australia is a favorite for Japanese tourists wanting to visit surfing spots and coastal areas while Japan offers extraordinary sight seeing and culture in places such as Kyoto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Japan_relations
Australian trade shifted from other commonwealth countries towards Asia in the late 1960's. Japan has emerged as the leading trading partner as in 1966-67 Japan overtook the UK as Australia's largest market for exports. Japan is now Australia's second largest export center after China and the US and because of this Australia has a lot of trade surplus with Japan.
Australia supplies Japan with a lot of food a raw materials. In 1990 Australia counted as 5.3 percent of Japan's total imports and Japan is also a very strong importer of Australia's uranium. By 1988 Australia had become Japan's first choice of regional imports. Also, the recent band on American and Canadian beef made Australia the largest supplier of beef to Japan. Investment rates from Japan to Australia have also increased as a higher amount of people are buying houses over in Australia resulting in a higher real estate economy for the country particularly in coastal areas such as the Gold Coast. Australia and Japan also share a strong bond over tourism with both countries attracting a high amount of visitors from each other. Australia is a favorite for Japanese tourists wanting to visit surfing spots and coastal areas while Japan offers extraordinary sight seeing and culture in places such as Kyoto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Japan_relations