Nuclear energy issues in the Australia-Japan relationship

Nuclear power issues important to the Australia-Japan relationship are wider than the commercial aspects of uranium trade. The political and strategic implications of the economic relationship are particularly important, the issues introduce matters of regional and global importance and governments are involved to an extent not paralleled in other industries. Japan and Australia share basic concerns about the long term and short term energy supply situation and the maintenance of regional stability. However, the underlying resource base of the two countries is so different that the sensitivity to issues such as energy supply security differs greatly