{"id":49591,"date":"2012-07-27T19:39:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T19:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=49591"},"modified":"2017-11-20T16:42:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T11:12:59","slug":"as-china-eyes-indian-ocean-japan-and-india-pair-up-on-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/as-china-eyes-indian-ocean-japan-and-india-pair-up-on-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"As China Eyes Indian Ocean, Japan And India Pair Up On Defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0<a title=\"See all posts by AARTI BETIGERI\" href=\"http:\/\/india.blogs.nytimes.com\/author\/aarti-betigeri\/\">Aarti Betigeri<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For two days last month, ships from the Indian and Japanese naval forces held joint military exercises in waters off Tokyo. By military standards, the exercises were small in scale. 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