UPSC PERSPECTIVE
India–Japan relations are solid so expect some questions.
Under the section :
“Special Strategic Global Partnership”
With Russia we have
“Special privileged strategic partnership”
Mains Paper 2:
IR(International Relations) |(under the subsection) Bilateral, regional & global groupings & agreements involving India &/or affecting India’s interests.
WHAT HAPPENED RECENTLY?
To promote Military cooperation, India and Japan are all set to hold the first-ever joint military exercise.
‘DHARMA GUARDIAN-2018’ involving the Indian Army and Japan Ground Self Defence Force. In Japan, they call their army Japan Ground Self Defense Force.
EXERCISE DHARMA GUARDIAN- 2018
6/1 GORKHA RIFLES will represent the Indian contingent while the Japanese contingent will be represented by 32 Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Ground Self Defence Force.
During the 14 days long exercise, due emphasis will be laid on increasing interoperability(synchronization between both ) between forces from both countries.
Both sides will jointly train, plan and execute a series of well developed tactical drills for neutralization of likely threats that may be encountered in urban warfare scenario.
INDIA AND JAPAN HAVE CLOSE MILITARY TIES
The two nations have frequently held joint military exercises and co-operate on technology. India and Japan concluded a security pact on 22 October 2008.
ABOUT THE SECURITY PACT
Japan and India have declared themselves “special strategic and global partners”.
Japan signed a security declaration agreement with India in 2008, only the second of its kind, outside the Japan-US security treaty, after the security declaration agreement made with Australia in 2007.
INDIA – JAPAN FRIENDSHIP
• Japan is heavily involved in India’s infrastructure development projects. More than US$10 billion in Japanese aid – the most significant sum Tokyo has ever invested in a single project through its foreign aid program – has been committed to building the first high-speed railway in India.
• For its part, India is giving Japan exclusive access to its sensitive northeast region and the Andaman Islands for the development of infrastructure facilities.
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