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For the first time since World
War II, Japan has offered to
export weapons to any country
and India is first on its list. This
forging of close ties with India is
seen as an effort by Tokyo to
counter the growing Chinese
influence in Asia.
The offer of weapons includes
electronic warfare equipment,
patrol vessels and high tech
equipment. Japan has also offered
to set up joint
ventures (JVs) in defence in India
thereby providing cutting-edge
technology to the local private and
public sector.
Army Chief General Bikram Singh
will visit Tokyo next month. Besides
delegation level talks will be held
here between the Navies of the two
countries in late November.
Signalling a major policy shift
regarding export of weapons
banned since 1945, Japan has
chosen India as the first country
for sale of defence equipment
besides offering to transfer cutting-
edge technology through JVs to give
a boost to Indian public and
private defence companies.
Tokyo made these significant offers
to New Delhi recently through
official channels, sources said here
on Sunday. Welcoming the gesture
from one of the most advanced
countries in the world in terms of
defence technology, India,
however, informed Japan that its
companies can participate through
global competition. Tokyo has now
allowed some of its firms to
respond to the Indian Navys
tender for seaplanes.
After facing nuclear holocaust in
World War II, Japan, so far,
produced weapons for its self-
defence and practiced pacifist
policies regarding export of
weapons. Incidentally, Japan
imports most of its big-ticket
weaponry from the US through
transfer of technology and, in turn,
exports state-of-the-art
equipment to the US.
However, Japan now wants to break
this isolation due to growing
economic and strategic challenges
from China.
Incidentally, some Japanese
armament manufacturing
companies for the first time took
part in international defence
exhibition, Def-Expo, organised in
Delhi earlier this year. India plans
to buy weapons and defence
equipment worth over 30 billion
dollars in the next five to seven
years and Japan is keen to have its
presence in the Indian market,
sources said.
In the past few years Japan has
consciously forged close strategic
relations with India given its
growing maritime prowess in the
Indian Ocean region and Asia.
Willing to export weapons to India
is part of Japan’s strategic vision to
negate Chinese influence in East
and South China Sea by having
close relations with other countries
like Indonesia and Philippines.
Moreover, India and Japan have in
the past conducted exercises
between Coast Guards of two
countries. For the first time they
will have a full-fledged naval
exercise later this year. Army Chief
General Bikram Singh will also visit
Tokyo early next month and is
likely to explore possibilities of
having first-ever joint exercises
with the Japanese Army.
Besides this, Staff Exchanges
between Japan Air Defence Force
(ASDF) and Indian Air Force will be
held in 2012 and be developed to
Staff Talks at the earliest date.
The groundwork for these exercises
and exchanges was done by
Defence Minister AK Antony during
his visit to Japan in November last
year. While taking stock of
maritime security and anti-piracy
measures with his counterpart
Yasuo Ichikawa, he also stressed
for closer defence ties with Japan
in the coming years. http://defenseblog-njs.blogspot.com/2012/09/to-keep-china-at-arms-length-japan-to.html?m=1
War II, Japan has offered to
export weapons to any country
and India is first on its list. This
forging of close ties with India is
seen as an effort by Tokyo to
counter the growing Chinese
influence in Asia.
The offer of weapons includes
electronic warfare equipment,
patrol vessels and high tech
equipment. Japan has also offered
to set up joint
ventures (JVs) in defence in India
thereby providing cutting-edge
technology to the local private and
public sector.
Army Chief General Bikram Singh
will visit Tokyo next month. Besides
delegation level talks will be held
here between the Navies of the two
countries in late November.
Signalling a major policy shift
regarding export of weapons
banned since 1945, Japan has
chosen India as the first country
for sale of defence equipment
besides offering to transfer cutting-
edge technology through JVs to give
a boost to Indian public and
private defence companies.
Tokyo made these significant offers
to New Delhi recently through
official channels, sources said here
on Sunday. Welcoming the gesture
from one of the most advanced
countries in the world in terms of
defence technology, India,
however, informed Japan that its
companies can participate through
global competition. Tokyo has now
allowed some of its firms to
respond to the Indian Navys
tender for seaplanes.
After facing nuclear holocaust in
World War II, Japan, so far,
produced weapons for its self-
defence and practiced pacifist
policies regarding export of
weapons. Incidentally, Japan
imports most of its big-ticket
weaponry from the US through
transfer of technology and, in turn,
exports state-of-the-art
equipment to the US.
However, Japan now wants to break
this isolation due to growing
economic and strategic challenges
from China.
Incidentally, some Japanese
armament manufacturing
companies for the first time took
part in international defence
exhibition, Def-Expo, organised in
Delhi earlier this year. India plans
to buy weapons and defence
equipment worth over 30 billion
dollars in the next five to seven
years and Japan is keen to have its
presence in the Indian market,
sources said.
In the past few years Japan has
consciously forged close strategic
relations with India given its
growing maritime prowess in the
Indian Ocean region and Asia.
Willing to export weapons to India
is part of Japan’s strategic vision to
negate Chinese influence in East
and South China Sea by having
close relations with other countries
like Indonesia and Philippines.
Moreover, India and Japan have in
the past conducted exercises
between Coast Guards of two
countries. For the first time they
will have a full-fledged naval
exercise later this year. Army Chief
General Bikram Singh will also visit
Tokyo early next month and is
likely to explore possibilities of
having first-ever joint exercises
with the Japanese Army.
Besides this, Staff Exchanges
between Japan Air Defence Force
(ASDF) and Indian Air Force will be
held in 2012 and be developed to
Staff Talks at the earliest date.
The groundwork for these exercises
and exchanges was done by
Defence Minister AK Antony during
his visit to Japan in November last
year. While taking stock of
maritime security and anti-piracy
measures with his counterpart
Yasuo Ichikawa, he also stressed
for closer defence ties with Japan
in the coming years. http://defenseblog-njs.blogspot.com/2012/09/to-keep-china-at-arms-length-japan-to.html?m=1
