New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has landed in Japan to guide a virtually 200-member enterprise delegation to strengthen India-Japan commerce and funding ties, in line with an announcement from the Embassy of India in Japan.
In a social media submit, the embassy mentioned the Minister arrived in Japan at Haneda Airport for his four-day go to.
‘The Commerce Minister is visiting Japan from August 24 to 27, main a enterprise delegation of roughly 200 members,’ the submit reads.
As per the Embassy, the go to underscores the sturdy ambition underpinning the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership and comes at a time when each international locations are looking for to considerably deepen commerce and funding ties.
As per the Ministry of Commerce, this might be India’s largest-ever enterprise delegation to the nation. The four-day go to will cowl Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, with representatives from key sectors together with manufacturing, semiconductors, clear power, metal, vehicles, monetary providers, healthcare and start-ups.
In Tokyo, Goyal will maintain a sequence of conferences with senior executives of main Japanese industrial conglomerates, together with a round-table with Keidanren, Japan’s apex enterprise federation representing greater than 1,500 firms. The Tokyo leg will even characteristic centered classes on rising sectors comparable to semiconductors, synthetic intelligence and start-ups, together with discussions with overseas institutional buyers. Goyal can also be scheduled to carry bilateral talks with Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Akazawa Ryosei, moreover assembly senior authorities and parliamentary leaders and fascinating with the Indian diaspora.
The delegation will then journey to Nagoya, a key industrial hub in central Japan, the place Goyal will lead a enterprise roadshow in partnership with the Central Japan Economic Federation (Chukeiren) and the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He will even meet Aichi Prefecture leaders and main buyers within the automotive and metal sectors.
The go to will conclude in Osaka with an Investors and Business Roadshow, together with conferences with main Japanese firms throughout the electronics, industrial and client sectors.
As per authorities knowledge, Japan’s bilateral commerce with India totalled USD 27.47 billion throughout FY 2025-26. During this era, exports from Japan to India stood at USD 21.43 billion, and imports got here at USD 6.04 billion. (ANI)