India and Japan Adopt Visionary 10-Year Joint Statement at the 15th Annual Summit to Deepen Strategic Partnership.
Summit Conference
In their landmark 15th Annual Summit in Tokyo on August 29–30, 2025, Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shigeru Ishiba issued a far-reaching joint statement coupled with a 10-year vision, laying out a strategic roadmap across sectors such as technology, economy, defense, and people-to-people ties.
- During the summit, the leaders recommitted to their Special Strategic and Global Partnership, unveiling comprehensive plans for collaboration in defense, AI, semiconductors, space, and clean energy. Japan pledged to channel up to 10 trillion yen (~US$68 billion) in private-sector investments into India over the next decade, marking a major financial commitment.
- The joint communiqué also pledged to significantly upscale skilled labor and academic exchanges, aiming for the mobility of 500,000 students and workers between India and Japan within five years—a major step in reinforcing people-to-people links and addressing labor-market needs.
- This summit represents a pivotal moment as India and Japan elevate their decades-long partnership into a future-focused, innovation-led strategy aligned with shared democratic values and regional stability.
Main Point :- (i) In response to escalating regional challenges and U.S. trade tensions, both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a free, open, and rules-based Indo-Pacific, collaborated under the Quad alliance framework, and emphasized resilient supply chains and mutual security cooperation.
(ii) Further strengthening bilateral ties, India and Japan signed key MoUs and MoCs across multiple domains: digital infrastructure (via the India–Japan Digital Partnership 2.0), space cooperation, environmental sustainability, human resource exchange, and cultural collaboration.
(iii) As part of the summit’s symbolic outreach, PM Modi and PM Ishiba embarked on a bullet-train ride from Tokyo to Sendai, after which Modi visited Indian railway locomotive pilots undergoing training. Meanwhile, the Tokyo Skytree was illuminated in the Indian tricolour, and Modi was honored with a traditional Daruma doll—underscoring bonds beyond politics.
About Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Prime minister: Shigeru Ishiba
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