Whale hunts and submarine deals gone awry caused prickles, but Abe Shinzo sought special relationship with Canberra.
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David Walton is an Adjunct Fellow in the Meiji Centre, Western Sydney University. His interests are at the cross section of international relations and diplomatic history. David was a Senior Lecturer at WSU and has been a visiting professor at Tokyo University (Japan Foundation Fellow), Meiji University, Beijing Foreign Studies University and Seoul University.