Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag has left on a four day trip to Japan. Gen Suhag will hold talks with Japanese defence minister General Nakatani, chief of staff Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano and his counterpart General Kiyofumi Iwata, among others, during his visit .
During the India-Japan defence dialogue in Tokyo in March, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe told Defence minister Manohar Parrikar that a strong India-Japan partnership was not only in the national interest of the two but also important for peace and security in the region.