Receiving a Secondee from the Australian Department of Defence

October 10, 2023

Japan Ministry of Defense

In Japanese

Ministry of Defense would like to announce that it is receiving an official on secondment from the Australian Department of Defence. The details of the exchange are as below.

1. Number of Exchange Official

One person

2. Duration

Approximately 2 years from October 10, 2023

3. Placement

Capacity Building Section, Indo-Pacific Regional Policy Division, Bureau of Defense Policy

4. Overview of Assignments

They include

  • planning and coordinating Japan-Australia cooperation projects on capacity building
  • sharing information and lessons learned on capacity building initiatives of Japan and Australia

(Reference) Background on receiving a secondee from the Australian Department of Defence.

The exchange program with the Australian Department of Defence was agreed during the Japan-Australia Defence Ministerial Meeting held in September 2012 as a part of Japan-Australia cooperation in the area of capacity building. With this agreement of exchange, to this day, we have received 6 secondees from Australia, and MOD has sent 5 secondees to Australia.

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