KEY ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN LEADERS' TALKS:
* The implications of a Donald Trump US presidency on the Asia-Pacific region.
* The doomed fate of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which Mr Trump has vowed to kill off.
* South China Sea tensions.
* The nuclear threat from North Korea.
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* Timor Sea oil and gas reserves and the decision by Australia and East Timor governments to negotiate a permanent maritime boundary and tear up a 2006 treaty on revenue sharing. A Japanese firm has a stake in a Timor Sea gas and oil field.
* Abe's visit to the Philippines and meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte who is cosying up with China.
* Whaling.
* Defence cooperation.
