TOKYO — The leaders of Japan and India agreed Monday to step up their co-operation in defence, trade and a range or other areas amid China’s growing influence in the region. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, said they are expanding ammunition sales and high-level defence talks and joint military exercises. “Relations between Japan and India have the biggest potential in the world,” Abe told a joint news conference after holding talks with Modi. Japan in recent years has stepped up defence ties with Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and other Asia-Pacific nations. Concerns about China’s expanding influence on the regional economy and U.S. trade policy are also bringing Japan and India closer in their economic ties.

Source: National Post October 29, 2018 12:29 UTC