Japan seeks closer maritime defense ties with India

I always wondered what would happen if you could unleash a billion Indians on the Chinese. Sadly there are too many mountains in the way...

That didn't stop them in 1962.

In any case, the Chinese have recently built an all-weather road to the top of the mountains - the Indians still have a dirt track.

To promote stronger maritime security cooperation, it is essential that India and Japan should cooperate more intimately in the field of modern ship building sector under our special partnership to protect open and stable seas.Ship building offers immense opportunities to the Japanese companies which they must avail of for forging collaborations in India . GAIL has recently floated global tender for . GAIL has recently floated global tender for building LNG VESSELS for importing LNG from U.S .This offers a grand opportunity to the Japanese companies make a beginning in the field of ships and vessels building in India.

Are Mitsubishi and Kawasaki involved? Sounds like Japan is ready to have Japan Inc all over in India. Is this one of Japan's step to build Military industry?