India, Japan to collaborate on outer space and cyber security projects

NEW DELHI: India and Japan have decided to collaborate in the areas of cybersecurity and outer space as part of their growing security partnership in the Indo-Pacific region, a development that comes in the backdrop of increasing violation of social media platforms by extremists and India’s successful Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) test.

Collaboration on these critical areas gathered pace when external affairs minister S Jaishankar met his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono for strategic dialogue in Osaka on the sidelines of the G20 Summit on Saturday, ET has learnt.