• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will participate in the 2nd India-Japan 2plus2 Ministerial Dialogue in Tokyo.
• The Japanese side will be represented by Minister of Defence Yasukazu Hamada and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi.
• The 2plus2 Dialogue will review bilateral cooperation across domains and chart out the way forward. India and Japan are pursuing a Special Strategic and Global Partnership.
• This year marks 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
• In addition to the 2plus2 dialogue, the defence minister will separately hold bilateral talks with his Japanese counterpart to further strengthen defence cooperation between the two countries across various sectors.
• Mr Singh will also attend a community event organised by the Embassy of India in Tokyo and interact with the Indian diaspora in Japan.

About 2+2 talks

• The 2+2 dialogue is a format of meeting of the foreign and defence ministers of India and its allieson strategic and security issues.

India’s strategic 2+2 partners:

• India has 2+2 dialogues with four key strategic partners: the US, Australia, Japan, and Russia. Besides Russia, the other three countries are also India’s partners in the Quad.
• The US is India’s oldest and most important 2+2 talks partner.