• Japan, India Conclude Military Exercise, High Level Meet The visit of a high level Japanese delegation led by Admiral Hisayasu Suzuki, the Commandant, Japan Coast Guard (JCG), for the XI High Level Meeting and Combined Exercises with the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) concluded yesterday. The five-..
• India, Japan, U.S. Navies to Hold Military Exercises Off Okinawa Coast, Japan The Indian Navy, Japanese Navy and the U.S. Navy will hold joint military exercises off the Okinawa Coast, Japan. The Malabar Exercises which originally included the Indian and the U.S. Navies will be conducted between April 2nd and 10th. ..
• India, Japan Close to Sealing Nuclear Deal; Mitsubishi, Hitachi Potential Bidders India and Japan are close to finalizing a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, former Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama said in New Delhi on Monday. "India and Japan have come to a stage of concluding the nuclear cooperation agree..
• India Offers Reliable, Long Term Supply of Rare Earth Minerals to Japan Tokyo said today that India has agreed to provide a stable supply of rare earth minerals to Japan as the high-tech economy looks to diversify sources after a spat with key provider China. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who wou..
• India, Japan Army Delegations Meet; Hold First Time Talks With an aim of increasing military cooperation, the first army to army staff-level talks between India and Japan began today in New Delhi. "During the talks, the two sides will discuss their mutual security issues along with institutio..
• Bangladesh Concludes Military Exercise with United States More than 40 U.S. Airmen and two C-130 Hercules aircraft traveled to the Asian nation to train with the Bangladesh air force to better respond to regional disasters. The exercise - which took place at Kurmitola Air Base - focused on tactica..
• Indian Army, Navy to Participant in US Military Exercises in Okinawa, Japan A year after the Defence Ministry backed out of a military exercise at a US base near China at the last minute, a go-ahead has been given for a joint amphibious exercise at the US Marines base in Okinawa, Japan. The war game, which will inv..
• Eurocopter Reinforces Presence in Japan; Acquires 80 percent Stake in Euroheli Eurocopter, the world’s leading helicopter manufacturer is pleased to announce the acquisition of 80% of Euroheli Corporation's shares from ITOCHU Corporation. As a result, Eurocopter's share of the business will increase from 1..
• Japan Signs Training Helicopters Contract On Friday, the Japanese Ministry of Defence signed a contract for 2 EC135 helicopters with Euroheli (Eurocopter's distributor in Japan). A second contract for 3 additional helicopters will follow next year with the objective of atta..
• PASSEX 2008: Japanese naval ships to visit India from Aug. 23-26 To strengthen security and strategic ties, two guided missile destroyers and one training ship of Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force will take part in an exercise with Indian Navy from August 23-26 on the western seaboard. On August 2..
• Indian Navy Adopted NATO Procedures During War Games In what could signal a paradigm shift in its philosophy, the Indian Navy adopted NATO procedures during the five-nation war games also involving the US that concluded in the Bay of Bengal Sunday. These procedures have largely been evolve..
• Malabar 2007: India, United States, Japan, Australia, Singapore Begin Massive 5-Day Naval Exercises A multilateral naval drill involving India, the US and three other nations begins in the Bay of Bengal Tuesday, an event that India says is a pointer to the country's growing importance on the world stage. This is the first time a j..
• India, Japan To Enhance Defence, Military Cooperation The Defence Minister Shri A K Antony and his Japanese counterpart Ms Yuriko Koike have expressed happiness on the enhanced defence cooperation between the two countries in the recent years. During their meeting in New Delhi today, both ..
• India, United States, Japan, Australia To Hold Extensive Naval Exercise In September Twenty warships from five countries, including three aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and fighters, will assemble in the Bay of Bengal in September for a major naval exercise to be hosted by India. The other countries taking part i..
• China Nervous About Growing India-Japan-US-Australia Alliance China has asked India, the United States, Japan and Australia, who are trying to forge a quadripartite format not to go against the global trend and be "open and inclusive" while a Chinese expert believes it would "divide" Asia. "China ..
• Indian, Russian Navies Engage Wargames in Sea of Japan Naval ships of India and Russia on Tuesday launched their three-day joint war games in the Sea of Japan in Russia's Far East to hone skills to counter terror threats on high seas and destroy enemy submarines. The war games codenamed..
• Indian Navy Conducts Trilateral Military Exercises With Japan, United States The Indian Navy Monday conducted its first trilateral exercise with its counterparts from the US and Japan off the Japanese coast in an effort aimed at sharing operational and doctrinal expertise. The guided missile destroyer Mysore, the..
• United States, Japan, India to Conduct Military Exercises in the Pacific Japan, the United States and India will carry out a joint military drill in the Pacific off Japan's coast amid concerns about China's military build-up, a report said Monday. The Pentagon will call on Japan and India to partici..
• US, Japan to Collaborate on Nuclear Technology The US and Japan are developing a joint nuclear energy plan to collaborate on research and construction of new nuclear power plants, US and Japanese officials said in Washington. US secretary of energy Samuel Bodman and Akira Amari, Japa..
• Japan to deploy new radar to monitor Chinese military activity Japan will deploy a new radar to monitor Chinese military activity amid growing concern in Tokyo over Beijing's arms buildup, a news report said on Monday. The Defense Agency will deploy the radar on the Miyako islands in Japan'..