Australia is trying to reassure Japan it is a safe tourist destination after the Japanese government posted a travel advisory issued by Victoria state listing it as a potential terrorist target, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Wednesday.
The Japanese Consulate General in Melbourne advised Japanese citizens living in Australia that the Victoria state government had issued a warning that infrastructure and United States and British facilities around the state could be possible targets for terrorist attacks, a spokesman told Kyodo News.
The same advisory was posted on the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Web site.
The Australian government has told the Japanese government that it has no detailed information of specific terrorist threats to Australia, said a spokeswoman from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.