Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on official visit to Japan from August 29 to September 1, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Tuesday, August 26.
PM Modi will leave on the evening of August 28, and will be in Japan on August 29 and 30 to hold the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit with Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba.
“This will be PM Modi’s first annual summit with his Japanese counterpart, and is first standalone visit to Japan in nearly seven years. He last visited for the annual summit in 2018,” Misri told reporters in New Delhi at a press briefing. He added that the visit will be fully dedicated to the bilateral agenda between the two countries.
This will be eighth visit of PM Modi to Japan since he took office in 2014.
“The annual summit between India and Japan represents the highest level dialogue mechanism that exists between the two countries and it drives the agenda of the India-Japan special strategic and global partnership,” the foreign secretary added.
PM Modi last met PM Ishiba on the sidelines of G7 Summit in June 2025 in Canada’s Kananaskis.
“India and Japan are two countries that share values, trust and strategic outlook on several issues. They are Asia’s two leading democracies and amongst the world’s top five economies,” Misri stated.
“Our bilateral relations have expanded steadily in scope and ambition over the last decade and today comprise trade and investment, defence and security, science and technology, infrastructure and mobility, people-to-people contact and vibrant cultural engagement between the two sides,” he added.
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