The Australian Financial Review | Japan pressures Australia over $50b submarine contract The Australian Financial Review Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has delivered a blunt message to Canberra that only its bid to build Australia's new $50 billion submarine fleet can provide the crucial "strategic" element. In a meeting with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in ... Japan pushes for contract to help Australia build $50-billion submarine fleet Bishop to talk defence ties with Japan, China Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop to face Japanese media at National Press Club in Tokyo |