New Delhi, July 14 -- India and Japan held the 8th India-Japan Defence Policy Dialogue in Tokyo on July 13, reviewing the progress of bilateral defence cooperation and discussing regional and global security developments as part of efforts to strengthen the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.

The dialogue was co-chaired by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Japanese Vice Minister of Defence for International Affairs Kano Koji.

Both sides reviewed cooperation across military-to-military exchanges, joint headquarters engagement, maritime cooperation, defence exercises, capacity building, defence equipment and technology collaboration, including maritime technologies, and institutional interactions.

The two countri...