Modi meets Abe in Russia, discusses Indo-Pacific region with Japanese PM

India and Japan agreed to further deepen cooperation in the strategic Indo-Pacific region where China has been flexing its military muscles, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held in-depth talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe here on Thursday. The two leaders in their second meeting after the G20 Summit in Osaka in June, pledged to deepen collaboration in a number of areas, including in trade, cultural and defence sectors.