India-Japan naval exercises: a message for China?

Joint exercises by the Indian and Japanese navies in the Indian Ocean at the weekend suggest the two countries are drawing closer to face what they perceive as a common threat from China, analysts say.While joint military exercises involving the two countries are not uncommon, the latest activity comes amid tensions both are experiencing with Beijing.

Indian and Chinese troops remain locked in a face-off along the disputed Himalayan border where 20
Indian soldiers were killed in a recent clash with their Chinese counterparts, while Japan and China are locked in a war of words over a Japanese move to change the administrative status of the Senkaku Islands, which China claims and refers to as the Diaoyu Islands.

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