JAPAN, INDIA TO INK NUCLEAR DEAL

TOKYO: Japan and India are set to sign a controversial civil nuclear deal this week, reports said yesterday, as the two Asian allies look to boost economic and security ties to counter an assertive China. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe are set to sign a deal Friday that would allow Japan to export nuclear technology to the subcontinent, Yomiuri Shimbun said. India would become the first non-signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to agree such a deal with Japan. – AFP