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• The seventh edition of the bilateral Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2023, JIMEX 23 hosted by Indian Navy, is being conducted at Visakhapatnam.
• This edition marks the 11th anniversary of JIMEX, since its inception in 2012. Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force units and Indian Naval ships are participating in the exercise.
• The exercise will be conducted over six days in two phases – a Harbour Phase at Visakhapatnam comprising professional, sports and social interactions. After this, the two navies will jointly hone their warfighting skills at sea and enhance their interoperability through complex multi-discipline operations in the surface, sub-surface and air domains.

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