Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will deliver Australia's new A$10 billion ($6.5 billion) navy frigate programme, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday. The frigate contract,

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries won a multi-billion dollar deal to build a fleet of advanced naval frigates for Australia, boosting Tokyo’s ambitions to become a major exporter of military equipment and develop its defense sector.

Japan relationship has evolved rapidly in the past decade – and this could be threatened if something doesn’t go right with the deal.