{"id":205612,"date":"2022-09-12T20:17:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T14:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=205612"},"modified":"2022-09-12T20:17:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T14:47:44","slug":"tokyo-delhi-compact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tokyo-delhi-compact\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo-Delhi compact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cTokyo-Delhi compact\u201d <\/strong>published in The Indian Express <\/strong>on 12th September 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- International Relations.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>– About India-Japan relations.<\/p>\n

News- <\/strong>The article explains the outcomes of recently held 2+2 ministerial dialogue<\/strong> between India and Japan and other important aspects of their relations.<\/p>\n

Recently the second India-Japan 2+2 ministerial dialogue<\/strong> was held in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

What are other important developments taking place in the context of ministerial dialogue?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

There is heightened tension across Taiwan strait where China installed five missiles inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.<\/p>\n

There is an increase in the defence budget of Japan to 2% and it is developing counter strike capabilities to tackle emerging threats from China and North Korea.<\/p>\n

What are the key outcomes from dialogue?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Joint Statement reiterates their commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, a rules-based global order that respects sovereignty and territorial integrity<\/strong> and the peaceful resolution of disputes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A key outcome of this round of talks was the agreement to launch the Joint Service<\/strong><\/p>\n

Staff talks<\/strong> between the Japan Joint Staff and the Indian Integrated Defence Staff which enhance their cooperation further build on existing bilateral and multilateral exercises including \u201cDharma Guardian\u201d, \u201cJIMEX\u201d and \u201cMalabar\u201d<\/strong> and, an earlier decision to conduct the inaugural India-Japan fighter exercise between the two air forces.<\/p>\n

Discussion on the Ukraine issue.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They also welcomed Japan’s participation for the first time in the MILAN<\/strong> multilateral naval exercise.<\/p>\n

What are the other aspects of their relationship?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

There were two bilateral summits this year-the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to India in March and that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Japan for the Quad<\/p>\n

Leaders\u2019 Summit in May.<\/p>\n

Both are celebrating the 70th anniversary of their relationship.<\/p>\n

Modi and Abe laid a strong foundation of the relationship. PM of Japan, Kishida played an important role in developing bilateral ties in his capacity as Foreign Minister between 2012-17.<\/p>\n

What are the potential areas of cooperation?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Cooperation in defence equipment and technology, covering areas such as Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) and Robotics, where Japan has considerable strengths.<\/p>\n

Another area of potential cooperation is in the manufacturing of drones. Japan\u2019s largest drone manufacturer, ACSL, has already established a joint venture in India with Delhi-based Arc Ventures.<\/p>\n

The Agreement Concerning Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services (ACSA)<\/strong><\/h5>\n

between the Self-Defence Forces of Japan and the armed forces of India signed in<\/p>\n

2020 has already been operationalised earlier this year. This paves the way for deeper cooperation between the two militaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cTokyo-Delhi compact\u201d published in The Indian Express on 12th September 2022. Syllabus: GS2- International Relations. Relevance– About India-Japan relations. News- The article explains the outcomes of recently held 2+2 ministerial dialogue between India and Japan and other important aspects of their relations. Recently the second India-Japan 2+2… Continue reading Tokyo-Delhi compact<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-205612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704833435},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}