Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a two-day visit to Japan on Saturday, securing a series of landmark agreements designed to reshape the contours of the India–Japan partnership, before departing for China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.
During his stay in Tokyo, India and Japan unveiled 13 agreements and declarations across sectors ranging from defence and economic security to clean energy and advanced technologies. The most prominent outcome was Tokyo’s pledge to invest 10 trillion yen (around ₹60,000 crore) in India over the next decade.
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“This visit to Japan will be remembered for the productive outcomes which will benefit the people of our nations. I thank PM Ishiba, the Japanese people and the Government for their warmth,” Modi wrote in a post on X, reflecting on the trip’s significance.
The new agreements include a 10-year roadmap to significantly expand economic partnership, a framework for defence cooperation, and a comprehensive economic security architecture to strengthen supply chain resilience in semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and other strategic sectors.
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The summit also produced an implementing arrangement for Chandrayaan-5, paving the way for joint exploration of the lunar polar regions by the space agencies of both countries.
Modi emphasised that India-Japan cooperation has a vital role in fostering global peace and stability, declaring that both nations had laid the groundwork for a “new and golden chapter” in their strategic partnership.
During the visit, the prime minister also met governors of 16 Japanese prefectures in Tokyo to encourage deeper state–prefecture collaboration, and later joined Shigeru Ishiba in Sendai, where they toured a semiconductor plant, underlining the growing focus on technology-driven cooperation.
From Tokyo, Modi travels to Tianjin for the SCO summit, scheduled for 31 August and 1 September. The gathering of the 10-member bloc comes at a delicate moment in India’s international positioning, with its relations with the United States strained after President Donald Trump imposed 50 per cent tariffs on Indian exports. Modi’s visit marks his first trip to China in seven years.
AloJapan.com