Japan and Australia agreed Thursday that Australian troops will participate in large-scale joint command post drills between the Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military for the first time ever, the Defense Ministry said.During their talks in Tokyo, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles, with an eye on China's growing clout in the region, pledged to boost trilateral security cooperation with the United States, the ministry said.The Australian Defense Force is set to join two planned Japan-U.S. command post exercises, "Yama Sakura" from late November a…READ FULL ARTICLE
