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  "id": 2203505,
  "title": "India, Japan sign agreement to deepen maritime security ties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/india-japan-sign-agreement-to-deepen-maritime-security-ties-2203505",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T18:35:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-japan-sign-agreement-to-deepen-maritime-security-ties-101787250932148.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "India and Japan on Thursday signed a memorandum of arrangement to deepen maritime security cooperation, focusing on closer ties between the Indian Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force—the latest in a series of steps to bolster bilateral military ties—during talks between defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi in Delhi",
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      {
        "outlet": "Nippon.com News",
        "title": "Japan, India Agree to Boost Maritime Security Cooperation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/japan-india-agree-to-boost-maritime-security-cooperation",
        "published": "2026-08-20T13:28:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "India, Japan sign agreement to deepen maritime security ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/india-japan-sign-agreement-to-deepen-maritime-security-ties",
        "published": "2026-08-20T14:29:28.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}