New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived within the National Capital on Wednesday night for a three-day official go to to India throughout which she’s going to take part within the sixteenth India-Japan Annual Summit, with each international locations anticipated to deepen cooperation in financial safety, resilient provide chains, rising applied sciences, defence, maritime safety and funding.
Upon her arrival, she was obtained by Minister of State (Science and Technology) Jitendra Singh.
In a put up on X, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal welcomed the Japanese PM as she begins her official go to to India and underlined that the go to marks an vital step in taking ahead the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan.https://x.com/MEAIndia/status/2072322674148483239?s=20
The go to, happening from July 1 to July 3 on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, marks Takaichi’s first official go to to India since assuming workplace.
During her keep, she’s going to maintain summit-level talks with Prime Minister Modi, take part within the India-Japan Business Forum, and interact with enterprise leaders as the 2 sides search to increase their Special Strategic and Global Partnership.
Ahead of her departure from Tokyo, Takaichi underscored the rising significance of India in Japan’s overseas and strategic coverage, saying that the altering worldwide setting has made bilateral cooperation much more vital.
‘I’ll go to India shortly. Amid rising uncertainty within the worldwide state of affairs, the significance of collaboration with India, which shares elementary values and strategic pursuits, is barely rising,’ she mentioned throughout a casual press convention earlier than leaving for New Delhi.
The Japanese chief mentioned her discussions with Prime Minister Modi would give attention to strengthening strategic cooperation, selling financial safety and inspiring larger collaboration between companies in each international locations.
‘In this context, by means of this go to, considering the present worldwide state of affairs, I intend to advance concrete cooperation with Prime Minister Modi, centring on three factors: deepening the strategic cooperative relationship between Japan and India, selling cooperation in financial safety, and fostering collaboration between corporations of each international locations towards funding and innovation,’ she added.
Takaichi additionally highlighted the position of the non-public sector in increasing bilateral ties, noting that greater than 150 representatives from Japan’s enterprise group are anticipated to take part within the India-Japan Economic Forum.
‘On the event of this go to to India, we plan to carry the Japan-India Economic Forum with the participation of greater than 150 people from Japan’s enterprise group. By uniting authorities and personal sectors, we intention to broaden the scope of Japan-India cooperation and realise a powerful financial system,’ she mentioned.
The Japanese Prime Minister mentioned regional safety would additionally function prominently throughout her discussions with Prime Minister Modi, notably within the context of the Indo-Pacific.
‘India, like Japan, as a serious democratic nation in Asia, bears duty for reaching peace and stability within the Indo-Pacific area. In that regard, I intend to firmly talk about with Prime Minister Modi efforts towards realising a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ (FOIP), together with the framework of Japan, the United States, Australia, and India,’ she mentioned.
Expressing confidence within the bilateral relationship, Takaichi mentioned the go to would additionally assist strengthen her private rapport with the Indian Prime Minister.
‘Finally, since this go to is realised on the invitation of Prime Minister Modi, I see it as a possibility to additional deepen the non-public belief relationship with Prime Minister Modi,’ she mentioned.
Earlier within the day, the Indian Embassy in Tokyo wished the Japanese delegation a secure journey and mentioned preparations had been accomplished in New Delhi for the high-level go to.
In a put up on X, the embassy mentioned, ‘Prime Minister Takaichi’s Visit to India, Annual Summit Meeting: Prime Minister Takaichi is departing for New Delhi. In India, she’s going to attend the sixteenth India-Japan Annual Summit Meeting. We want for a secure journey to India for all members of the delegation. Preparations are in place in New Delhi to welcome everybody. We eagerly await your arrival.’
According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the annual summit will present a possibility for the 2 leaders to assessment the total spectrum of bilateral cooperation whereas exchanging views on regional and world developments of mutual curiosity.
The summit is anticipated to give attention to increasing financial engagement, strengthening strategic coordination and enhancing cooperation in vital applied sciences as each international locations search to construct resilient provide chains amid an evolving world financial panorama.
Diplomatic sources indicated that funding and innovation can be among the many central themes of the discussions, with specific emphasis on semiconductors, vital minerals and financial safety. Both sides are additionally anticipated to debate measures to diversify provide chains and strengthen industrial cooperation in sectors thought of strategically vital.
Maritime safety and defence expertise cooperation are additionally anticipated to obtain appreciable consideration throughout the summit.
Officials mentioned the 2 international locations are creating an ‘Industrial Value Chain’ connecting the Bay of Bengal with India’s Northeast, reflecting rising efforts to combine infrastructure growth with regional connectivity and manufacturing.
The India-Japan Business Forum, to be attended by Prime Minister Takaichi, is anticipated to supply a further platform for business leaders from each international locations to discover new funding alternatives.
Diplomatic sources mentioned proposals underneath dialogue embrace cooperation on synthetic intelligence, a large-scale inexperienced ammonia mission in Odisha, expanded collaboration in biogas and initiatives to strengthen regional resilience by means of POWERR Asia.
Expected outcomes of the summit embrace a Joint Statement reaffirming the strategic partnership between the 2 international locations, together with agreements and memoranda of understanding in areas similar to synthetic intelligence, prescribed drugs, batteries, vital minerals and power resilience.
India and Japan elevated their relationship to a Special Strategic and Global Partnership in 2014 and have steadily expanded cooperation throughout defence, infrastructure, commerce, digital applied sciences, clear power, mobility, healthcare and people-to-people exchanges.
The upcoming summit builds on the momentum generated throughout Prime Minister Modi’s go to to Tokyo in August 2025 for the fifteenth India-Japan Annual Summit, the place the 2 international locations adopted a Joint Vision for the Next Decade outlining cooperation throughout key sectors, together with financial safety, expertise and innovation, environmental sustainability, mobility and state-prefecture partnerships.
During that summit, the 2 sides additionally adopted a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation geared toward strengthening defence ties in response to the altering safety setting within the Indo-Pacific.
They additional launched the India-Japan Economic Security Initiative to deepen collaboration in resilient provide chains and important applied sciences, together with semiconductors, telecommunications, prescribed drugs, clear power and important minerals.
Another vital end result of the earlier summit was the Action Plan for India-Japan Human Resource Exchange and Cooperation, which envisages the change of greater than 500,000 personnel over 5 years, together with facilitating the motion of fifty,000 expert professionals and potential expertise from India to Japan.
Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Takaichi additionally interacted final month on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, the place they reaffirmed their dedication to increasing financial cooperation with a specific give attention to commerce and funding.
With strategic convergence deepening and financial cooperation increasing throughout a number of sectors, the sixteenth India-Japan Annual Summit is anticipated to additional reinforce the partnership between New Delhi and Tokyo whereas advancing a shared imaginative and prescient for a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific. (ANI)