00:00Australia and Japan say they have no plans to send naval vessels to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz,
00:07even as US President Donald Trump steps up pressure on Allies to help secure the vital waterway.
00:15Japanese Prime Minister Sanai Takaichi says Tokyo has no plan to send naval vessels to escort ships in the Middle
00:22East.
00:23She says Japan, constrained by its war-renouncing constitution, will instead examine what support it can provide within its legal
00:31framework.
00:32Australia also says it will not send naval ships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
00:37Cabinet Minister Catherine King says Canberra has not received any requests to join naval operations in the Middle East.
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