GS II - Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
Prime Minister Visit
- Indian Prime Minister visited Japan to attend 15th Annual Summit.
- The last summit, in India, was in 2022.
Focus of summit
- The meeting aimed primarily at updating their agreements and giving them a “Next-Gen” focus.
- Japan raised investment target in India to $68 billion and signed about 170 MoUs with Indian partners.
- 2035 Vision Statement, focusing eight areas of cooperation such as economic security, mobility and green technology transition.
- A “Next-Gen State-Prefecture Partnership” highlighted grassroot-level ties and a boosting of direct flight connectivity.
- India and Japan updated their 2008 Security partnership to include an annual NSA-level dialogue, more engagement over the Quad, Indo-Pacific cooperation and UN Security Council reform.
- Economic Security Partnership goal to build resilient supply chains and secure critical infrastructure, using Japanese technology to help manufacture and process semiconductor technology in India, as Indian companies face Chinese restrictions on the export of rare earth magnets.
- Japan’s collaboration with India’s High Speed Rail “Bullet Train” project was showcased.
Joint statement condemned
- North Korea’s missile tests and nuclear programme
- The Pahalgam attack
- Cross-border terrorism
Objective of the visit
- The massive American tariffs which threaten to upturn the Indian economy.
- Towards normalising relations after a four-year standoff.
