Expanded Indo-Japanese military ties dangerous for Asia: expert

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India will include Japan for its forthcoming Malabar naval exercise with the US in the Bay of Bengal in October this year

Expanded Indo-Japanese military ties dangerous for Asia: expert
By AT Editor on August 6, 2015

Taking umbrage over India’s move to include Japan in Malabar exercises, an official Chinese analyst has warned that the Indo-Japan defence cooperation is “dangerous for Asia” and the two countries should be “careful about it,” an article in the web edition of the state-run Global Times said Wednesday.

“There has been a clear trajectory of Japan and India deepening their defence ties in recent years and the relations are bound to be promoted since India will include Japan in the Malabar naval exercises with the US in October. The two countries are also exploring the possibility of air exercises,” it said.

Titled ‘Indo-Japanese military cooperation dangerous for Asia’, the article written by Lu Yaodong, Director of the state-run Institute of Japanese Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said, “with eyes on a rising China, India and Japan have been getting closer faster.”

In April, Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar chose Japan as the destination of his first overseas visit in a way to demonstrate the importance that New Delhi attaches to enhanced defence and security cooperation with Tokyo, the article said.