Tokyo, July 13 -- India and Japan on Monday held their 8th Defence Policy Dialogue, where both sides reviewed progress made in bilateral defence cooperation and discussed ways to deepen cooperation in emerging domains like defence industrial collaboration and tech innovation. They also took stock of the prevailing regional and global security scenario.

Also, Defence Secretary Rajesh Singh extended an invitation on behalf of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi to visit India at the earliest.

In a statement by the Ministry of Defence, it was noted that the two countries held comprehensive discussions on the prevailing regional and global security environment and exchanged views on issues of mutual ...