Japan, India agree on deeper defense ties, eye new dialogue body

The defense ministers of Japan and India agreed Monday to deepen cooperation between their forces, including starting discussions toward establishing a senior officer-level dialogue body, as China continues to expand its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region.Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh also affirmed that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the Indian military will increase their joint exercises, Nakatani told reporters after their talks in New Delhi.The envisaged dialogue body will be in charge of coordinating the overall collabora…READ FULL ARTICLE