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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicIndia-Japan ties

Topic: India-Japan ties

Japanese PM Kishida arrives in India today. Indo-Pacific ties, Ukraine & China likely on agenda

During his maiden visit, Kishida and PM Modi will be holding the 14th India-Japan Annual Summit, which will look into some pressing bilateral issues between New Delhi and Tokyo.

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida on two-day visit to India beginning Saturday

At the invitation of PM Narendra Modi, Kishida will hold the 14th India-Japan summit, MEA spokesman Arindam Bagchi said.

Japan-Australia pact shows others can move on without India in Quad

India continues to harbour the illusion that more partners are better than deeper partnerships. This makes creating a regional balance against China more difficult.

Modi speaks to Japan’s new PM Kishida over enhancing cooperation in Indo-Pacific

Both leaders expressed satisfaction at the rapid progress in strategic, global partnership & discussed the alignment of perspectives, between India & Japan in a variety of areas.

Japan to provide India $ 9.3 million aid to build cold chain system to fight Covid

Japan's Emergency Grant Aid aims to deliver vaccines to each and every person in all corners of developing countries. It will give India equipment like cold-storage facilities.

Assam springboard of India’s Act East policy, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar says

Addressing a press conference Monday, Jaishankar mentioned the need to create an enabling environment by ensuring better connectivity in order to bring more investment into Assam.

India, Japan cooperating in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka to strengthen Quad — envoy Suzuki

Ambassador Suzuki says trilateral cooperation between Japan, India & Sri Lanka in case of Colombo Port ECT has ‘significant value’.

India, Japan in talks with Russia to create trilateral & push Modi’s ‘Act Far East’ policy

The India-Russia-Japan trilateral is being explored to give fruition to New Delhi’s vision of making the Indo-Pacific strategic initiative ‘inclusive and not just against one country’.

Global growth talks cannot happen only between a few, table must be bigger, says PM Modi

Addressing the 6th Indo-Japan Samwad Conference via video conferencing, Modi said in the past, humanity often took the path of confrontation instead of collaboration.

Cabinet approves cyber security agreement with Japan

The pact is aimed at enhancing cooperation in emerging technologies, protection of critical infrastructure, cyberspace and to mitigate threats to communication networks.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.