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INTERNATIONAL | India-Japan Relations

Visit of PM Takaichi Sanae to India
A New Chapter of Progress

and Strategic Synergy

A new chapter was added to the unwavering trust and special strategic partnership
between India and Japan in July 2026, when Japan’s first female prime minister, Takaichi
Sanae, visited India for her first official tour from July 1 to 3. During the 16th India-Japan
Annual Summit, the two global powers reached a consensus on areas including defence,
economic and energy security, technology and innovation, and the creation of a safe,
trustworthy, and human-centric artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem...

ndia-Japan cooperation is vital for both countries
and the entire Indo-Pacific region’s prosperity and Automotive and Make in India
Idevelopment. Amidst the rapidly changing global
landscape, both Prime Ministers recognised the stra- n India becomes Suzuki’s global hub: Two-
tegic importance of the India-Japan partnership and thirds of Suzuki’s cars worldwide are now
manufactured in India and exported to over 100
reiterated their resolve to strengthen bilateral ties countries.
further. Building upon the success of the 15th India-Ja-
pan Annual Summit, the leaders agreed to enhance n New plant in Kharkhoda: A state-of-the-art
cooperation across various sectors, including defence Maruti Suzuki plant has been inaugurated in
and security, economic and energy security, technology, Kharkhoda, Haryana.
and innovation. n Mantra for success: When Japanese expertise
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jap- and investment combine with India’s speed and
anese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae re- scale, the entire world benefits.
iterated that, as leading democracies
and major economies of the world,
it is their duty to shape an interna-

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