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Japan PM guest of honour at annual parade marking Republic Day

(26 Jan 2014) Japan's prime minister on Sunday was the guest of honour at a military parade in New Delhi, marking the country's Republic Day. Shinzo Abe joined President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to watch thousands of members of India's military and security forces marching along a crowd-lined route through the capital. Republic Day celebrates the adoption of India's democratic constitution on 26 January, 1950. Similar parades were held in Indian states, including Jammu-Kashmir and Manipur, where separatist militants don't accept Indian rule and called for general strikes. Four low-intensity explosions marred the celebrations in Imphal, the capital of remote northeastern Manipur state, but did not cause any damage or casualties, police said. During Abe's visit to New Delhi, India and Japan signed agreements on cooperation in the energy and telecom sectors. Singh held talks with Abe on Saturday and said India was taking steps to facilitate Japan's links with India's growing economy. Singh said that India also was discussing with Japan the possibility of buying an amphibian aircraft called the US-2 and its co-production in India. The two agreed to hold regular consultations between their national security councils on security issues. India invited Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force to participate in this year's India-US naval exercises off India's western coast, according to a joint statement issued after the official talks. Abe arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for a three-day visit. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...