China's great strategic nightmare has come to pass with India and Japan agreeing to boost defense ties and strengthen their armed forces to nullify China's military power.

That state of affairs will be cemented when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Japan from Nov. 10 to 12 to meet with his likeminded counterpart, Prime Minister Shinzo Abee, for their annual summit.

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It will be Modi's second visit to Japan since becoming prime minister in 2014. Abe paid a two-day visit to India last December during which he and Modi discussed defense and defense technologies.

India's Ministry of External Affairs said the meeting between Modi and Abe will be "an occasion for the two leaders to have in-depth exchanges on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest."

Right-wing nationalists, Modi and Abe have developed a fast friendship over the years and apparently share the aim of thwarting China's unwarranted bid for hegemony in Asia by emasculating their countries.

Japan and India have dangerous border disputes with China that is bent on expanding its territory. China claims Japan's Senkaku Islands as its own and also claims ownership of the entire Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh bordering Tibet.

China conquered Tibet in 1951 after a military invasion.

Enhanced defense cooperation will be high on their agenda. This will include more joint maritime exercises between Japan, India and the United States, and other forms of military cooperation.

"We expect (Modi's) visit to advance the special strategic global partnership befitting a new era for Japan-India (relations) and further deepen the bonds and cooperative relationship between our countries," said Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda.

Modi will also have an audience with Emperor Akihito. He's also expected to sign a civil nuclear cooperation pact. This deal includes a provision to assure Japan that India, which hasn't joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, won't use Japanese nuclear power plant technology for military purposes.

Japan previously avoided civil nuclear cooperation with India but appears to have softened this position to boost bilateral ties in the face of the threat from China.

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