Australia’s outgoing ambassador to Japan said Monday that deepening bilateral ties will contribute to regional stability, reconfirming his country’s support for Japan in a diplomatic row with China over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan. “We are working with Japan to assert international rules and to protect stability in the region,” Ambassador Justin Hayhurst told reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, ahead of his departure from Japan in January. “I think Australia’s position was expressed very clearly yesterday” by Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Min…