Japan, India hold security talks amid major Russian drills
By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s foreign minister says there’s “an increasing need” for India and Japan to step up security cooperation as the two countries held talks to further strengthen military ties amid growing tension from China and Russia in the region. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada talked with their Indian counterparts, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Rajnat Singh, on Thursday in Tokyo. Their meeting comes at a sensitive time as Russia holds a major multinational military exercise in its far east, with China and India participating.
