Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who earlier this year described Japan as both our “best friend in Asia” and a “strong ally,” has warmly embraced the “special relationship” language. He consummated the love-in by expressing his admiration for “the skill and sense of honor” of the Japanese submariners who died attacking Sydney Harbor in 1942, while saying of Japan’s waging of aggressive war and wartime atrocities only that “we disagreed with what they did.”
澳大利亚总理阿伯特在今年早些时候称日本为我们“在亚洲的好朋友”和“强大盟友”，他热烈欢迎“特殊关系”这一说法。在安倍演讲后，他总结陈词， 表示很敬仰死于1942年袭击悉尼港战斗的日本潜水艇指战员，对于日本发动侵略战争以及战时暴行，他只是轻描淡写地表示“我们不同意他们的所作所为”。