4 JANUARY 2016

Ø  The latest edition of ‘Sahyog-Kaijin,’ the Indo-Japan Coast Guard Joint Exercise, will begin in the Bay of Bengal off the Chennai coast on January 12. The five-day event would witness seminars and exercises involving strategic assets of both the countries, besides meeting of high-level officials in Delhi and Chennai. While one ship would represent the Japanese side, five to six ships are expected to participate from the Indian Coast Guard. The Commandant of the Japan Coast Guard would also meet his Indian counterpart in Delhi and later arrive in Chennai. Japan is also likely to send its maritime assets to participate in the International Fleet Review to be conducted at Visakhapatnam next month. Sahyog-Kaijin is held once in two years and the venue would shift between India and Japan on alternate occasions. India’s ICGS Samudra Paheredar participated in the 2014 edition held at Yokohama in Japan.