India and Japan should seize chance to form close alliance

Decreasing reliance on China and defending ASEAN will benefit both

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Shinzo Abe, left, and Narendra Modi talk at Hyderabad House in New Delhi in December 2015: India and Japan should promote the Indo-Pacific narrative rather than let China take control. © Reuters

Dr. Jagannath Panda is a Research Fellow and Centre Coordinator for East Asia at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi.

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