Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi posed for a photograph alongside Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, Japanese Ambassador to India Ono Keiichi, and senior officials near the Indian Navy warship INS Chennai at the Western Naval Command in Mumbai on 19 August 2026.
Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan at the Western Naval Command headquarters in Mumbai on 19 August 2026, in a meeting seen as a step forward in bilateral India-Japan defence cooperation.
Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command, during his visit to the command headquarters in Mumbai on 19 August 2026.
Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi inspected a Guard of Honour at the Western Naval Command in Mumbai on 19 August 2026, a ceremonial mark of respect accorded to visiting heads of defence establishments.