India & Japan start crucial dialogue with eye on China

[Lankan Ranger]

India & Japan start crucial dialogue with eye on China

India & Japan on Thursday started an economic-strategic dialogue, an exercise that promises to have important strategic ramifications regarding balancing China. Separately, India, Japan and US will start an official trilateral dialogue on political and economic matters. These new initiatives will be announced at the end of foreign secretary Nirupama Rao's visit to Japan starting Thursday.

The economic-strategic dialogue had been a Japanese idea, proposed to India by former Japanese foreign minister Okada. Its significant that Japan insisted on the foreign secretary talks even though it has its hands full right now getting up on its feet after the double whammy of the tsunami-earthquake in March.

The only jarring note in the India-Japan bilateral relationship right now has been an advisory by the government to ban food imports from Japan fearing radioactive contamination. The issue is expected to be raised by the Japanese side during the talks.

Announcing Rao's visit, the MEA described her visit to Tokyo as being for "talks on bilateral, regional and global issues with vice foreign minister Kenichiro Sasae and foreign office consultations with deputy foreign minister Koro Bessho."

The proposed economic-strategic dialogue -- is based on the template that China has with the US, or the India-US strategic dialogue. It will be a meeting of the top cabinet ministers on both sides which should give a new dimension to the relations.

Foreign minister SM Krishna and defence minister AK Antony are expected to be in Japan over the next few months, which willl also see a visit by Japanese PM to India later in the year.

India and Japan are working out a civil nuclear agreement that was stuck because of Japanese insistence on India signing the CTBT. In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis however, India and Japan are looking at the agreement with new eyes now. The issue is expected to figure in the talks over the next couple of days as well.

India, Japan start crucial dialogue with eye on China - The Times of India

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

India, Japan and USA cooperation in Eastern Asia, will nulify any threats China can pose to anyone, hence making it a safer region for all.

 

[angeldemon_007]

I didn't thought Japanese side to be part of any such talk any time soon...they are real fighters...

 

[Mech]

The chinaman is boxed in. I'm lovin it.

 

[tallboy123]

I didn't thought Japanese side to be part of any such talk any time soon...they are real fighters...

dude,they just got a wrecked highway road built in 4days,and the final highway as neat as new one..when the road was damaged in march Tsunami
let me tell u,Japanese are hardworking and their first priority is Quality than Quantity

 

[Splurgenxs]

These deals are all about power projection.. India should stop hoping for peace with china and allies itself with countries like Japan and America temporarily. Having large vested Interests in America is also not good ..but ill act as a full-proof deterrent against Chinas ambitions.
India should play it smart till it gets close to the China mark in about 20 years.

China has sprinted ahead where as India has preferred to pace itself..and will eventually catch up in the economic marathon as China runs out of steam...Till then Patience and diplomatic tact are vital .. And its key not to get into an arms Race ..hence America plays an Important part here.

China has made all the wrong diplomatic decisions and lacks any moral credibility all it has for now is money and is trying hard to maximize its influence on Materialistic small states ; if it continues to get diplomatically isolated it'll suffer in the long run.

 

[JayAtl]

dude,they just got a wrecked highway road built in 4days,and the final highway as neat as new one..when the road was damaged in march Tsunami
let me tell u,Japanese are hardworking and their first priority is Quality than Quantity

they posses a superior intellect than the Chinese and have a sense of pride in their work..

 

[cross1993]

Some fool talk about the Japanese, they even do not understand the East Asian Geopolitics, and began blabla...

 

[tallboy123]

Some fool talk about the Japanese, they even do not understand the East Asian Geopolitics, and began blabla...

Do u drink coffee too much....??

 

[cross1993]

I ask you a simple question, What is the biggest political needs of successive Japanese govt?

 

[oct605032048]

Pleasing the tycoons i guess. But currently the most important issue is to clean the mess of earthquake/nuclear leak.

 

[cross1993]

I only reminded once: China can support Japan to state normalization, China can support Japan to get nuclear weapons, China can support Japan to get UNSC Permanent Seats.

If you really understand the East Asian Geopolitics, tell me what the consequences?

 

[oct605032048]

A country with over 1 billion people who possess nothing but hope and a country with 100 million old people with no hope.
Good luck with your little tricks.

 

[tallboy123]

A country with over 1 billion people who possess nothing but hope and a country with 100 million old people with no hope.
Good luck with your little tricks.

an example of a guy getting irked by Indo-japanese relations ...and fake superiority complex .....Ok burn

 

[cross1993]

Straight Talk, China does not worry about Japan-India relationship.
For example, What is India can do about Japan in Diaoyu Islands issue? What is Japan can do about India in Kashmir issue?
You can not do anything.