Modi, Ishiba visit Tokyo Electron facility to deepen semiconductor ties

Semiconductors

Analysts call collaboration in the critical sector a win-win for India and Japan

Prime ministers Shigeru Ishiba and Narendra Modi travel to the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai on a bullet train on Aug. 30. (Photo by Cabinet Office of Japan)

KIRAN SHARMA

August 30, 2025 21:02 JST

SENDAI, Japan — Close on the heels of their countries pledging to boost cooperation in the semiconductor sector, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday began down that path by taking a shinkansen from Tokyo northeast to Sendai.