The Kyodo news agency said that the parties expressed their desire to expand cooperation to implement the idea of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
In mid-September, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia declared the formation of AUKUS as a platform for defence and security cooperation.
Australia unilaterally withdrew from a $66 billion agreement on submarines with France in favour of obtaining the technology for developing its own nuclear submarines within the new trilateral alliance.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called Australia's decision to break the agreement "a stab in the back."