India Japan Sign Maritime Security Pact, Deepen Defence Ties Amid China Indo-Pacific Tensions
India and Japan have signed a landmark Maritime Security Cooperation pact, deepening naval ties between the Indian Navy and Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi finalised the Memorandum of Arrangement in New Delhi, covering maritime domain awareness, search and rescue, joint exercises, port access, and undersea security. The pact comes amid rising Chinese assertiveness across the Indo-Pacific, the East China Sea, and the Indian Ocean Region. This explainer breaks down what was signed, why the timing matters, and what it means for India’s defence and maritime strategy going forward.#IndiaJapan #MaritimeSecurity #IndoPacific #DefenceNews #RajnathSingh #IndianNavy #ChinaThreat #DefencePact #NationalSecurity #GeoPolitics
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