{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60ddc2c98471380013ddd178/6a96a4e5b6f00a73a9f73992?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Japan and Australia with Professor Satake Tomohiko and Genna Lehman","description":"<p>Robert Ward hosts Satake Tomohiko, Professor at the School of International Politics, Economics and Communication (SIPEC) at Aoyama Gakuin University, and Genna Lehman, non-resident fellow at the United States Studies Centre’s Economic Security Programme in Sydney, about Japan-Australia relations.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Together, they explore:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The evolution of Middle Power cooperation between Japan and Australia </li><li>The growing cooperation in defence industry between Japan and Australia </li><li>Japan’s recent successful rare-earth project with Australia’s Lynas</li><li>Future Japan-Australia cooperation </li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Recommended readings from our guests:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Yoshihide Soeya, Masayuki Tadokoro, and David A. Welch. (Eds.). <a href=\"https://muse.jhu.edu/book/105677\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Japan as a 'Normal Country'?: A Nation in Search of Its Place in the World</em></a> (Toronto: University of Tront Press, 2011).</li><li>Michael Green,<em> </em><a href=\"https://cup.columbia.edu/book/line-of-advantage/9780231555630/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Line of Advantage: Japan’s Grand Strategy in the Era of Abe Shinzō.</em></a> (New York: Columbia University Press, 2022).</li></ul><p><br></p><p>We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow, rate, and subscribe to Japan Memo on your preferred podcast platform. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:japanchair@iiss.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">japanchair@iiss.org</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Date recorded: <strong>13 August 2026</strong></p><p>Japan Memo is recorded and produced at the IISS in London.</p>","author_name":"The International Institute for Strategic Studies"}