Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his productive two-day visit to Japan today. After attending the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit on the first day, PM Modi met with the Governors of 16 prefectures in Tokyo today.
PM highlighted the potential of the States-Prefectures collaboration and urged action under the State-Prefecture Partnership Initiative launched during 15th Annual Summit for shared progress. Prime Minister Modi urged the Governors and Indian State governments to leverage the new initiative and forge partnerships in the fields of manufacturing, technology, innovation, mobility, next-generation infrastructure, start-ups and SMEs. The Prime Minister invited the Governors to participate in India’s growth story.
Following the talks, Prime Minister Modi and his counterpart Shigeru Ishiba reached Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture by Shinkansen-bullet train and visited the Tokyo Electron factory, a major manufacturer of semiconductor production equipment. After the factory visit, Prime Minister Modi left for China to attend the SCO Summit. During the annual summit Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba spent nearly two and a half hours together, during which they held delegation-level talks, witnessed the exchange of agreements. Our correspondent reports that the visit marks an era of new beginning in India- Japan partnership.
Akashvani’s correspondent reports that, in a major diplomatic and economic breakthrough, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba unveiled a bold strategic blueprint to redefine India-Japan ties over the next decade, with far-reaching agreements across key sectors. At the heart of the outcomes was the India-Japan Joint Vision for the Next Decade, a 10-year strategic framework identifying eight priority areas -economic partnership, economic security, mobility, ecological sustainability, technology and innovation, health, people-to-people links and state-prefecture engagements.
Among the most notable economic announcements was Japan’s commitment of 10 trillion yen in private investments in India over the next decade. The two sides also launched a comprehensive Economic Security Initiative, with a fact sheet listing cooperation in semiconductors, clean energy, telecom, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and emerging technologies.
The two leaders also signed a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation. Apart from that human mobility was given a strong push with an Action Plan for Human Resource Exchange, targeting a two-way movement of 500,000 people, including 50,000 skilled and semi-skilled Indian workers to Japan over the next five years.
In science and space, the leaders oversaw the signing of an Implementing Arrangement between the ISRO and JAXA on the Chandrayaan-5, along with a Joint Statement of Intent on Science and Technology Cooperation to promote institutional linkages and researcher exchanges. Memorandum of Cooperation on Joint Crediting Mechanism, Memorandum of Cooperation in the Field of Mineral Resources, Memorandum of Cooperation on Cultural Exchange, MoU on India – Japan Digital Partnership 2.0 and Joint Declaration of Intent on Clean Hydrogen and Ammonia were also exchanged between two countries.
