United States President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to work together to garner the international community against the nuclear tests carried out by North Korea early this week.
"A strong Japan is in the interest of India and a strong India is in the interest of Japan," said Shinzo Abe.
Of all recent Japanese leaders, new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been the most enthusiastic about the future of India-Japan relationship and gave it an entirely new dimension. New Delhi now has a chance to greatly improve its ties with Tokyo. It must seize the moment, say Harsh V Pant.
On the eve of his talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh minced no words while expressing his intense love for the Asian giant, reports Vipin Vijayan, who is accompanying the PM to Japan and Thailand.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Tokyo on Monday on a three-day visit to Japan to invigorate bilateral strategic ties and push for a civil nuclear energy cooperation deal.
Sabarmati railway station is the venue for the ground-breaking ceremony, be chaired by Modi and Abe, of the Rs 98,000-crore Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed rail project.
United States President Barack Obama will host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday in his Oval office - his first with a foreign dignitary in his second term - for bilateral and regional discussions with North Korean nuclear tests and South China sea dominating the proceedings.
On the eve of his visit to Japan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to the Japanese media on the agenda of his visit. This is an excerpt
Seoul said North Korea launched the missile apparently to 'provoke' Trump.
The "understanding" between India and Japan on civil nuclear issue has "improved", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, after talks with his counterpart Shinzo Abe even as the much-anticipated remained deal remained elusive.
A summit meeting between Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, scheduled to be held in Guwahati in December, was also cancelled due to the anti-CAA protests.
India and Japan are expected to move ahead on signing a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, besides finalising a partnership on the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor.
'All the big things happening today in economic development have their beginning in Dr Manmohan Singh's ideas.'
According to the proposed agreement, Japan will provide financial assistance to the tune of 81 per cent of the project cost as soft loan.
"The way in which UP has controlled the second Covid wave and stopped its spread is unprecedented," the prime minister, who arrived at his parliamentary constituency earlier in the morning on Thursday, said while addressing a gathering.
Shinzo Abe is planning to come to Guwahati for annual summit talks with his Modi from December 15-17.
Addressing the MPs in Parliament, he favoured early conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement to push economic relations and raise the volume of bilateral trade to $20 billion in the next three years.
The Union Cabinet approved the DMIC project outline on the eve of the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunshi told reporters here.
Here's a look at some of the more interesting sights at the G7 2015 summit.
Agriculture minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka reportedly hanged himself hours before he was to face questioning in parliament over a political scandal.
During his talks and public speeches, Mukherjee urged Japan to look at India's "impeccable" non-proliferation record and back the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement at the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned to New Delhi on Saturday after a four-day visit to Japan during which he held talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on various issues
That Japan put high marquee value on the prime minister's visit is evident from the fact that Dr Singh has been invited to address a joint session of the Diet, Japanese Parliament.
On Sunday, North Korea said it detonated a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile and called its sixth and most powerful nuclear test a "perfect success", sparking world condemnation and promises of tougher US sanctions.
The exhibition of the Olympic Flame, due to remain on display in Fukushima until the end of the month, will be cancelled over coronavirus concern. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the state of emergency on Tuesday, giving authorities more power to press people to stay at home and businesses to close.
Why there is a sudden spurt in FTAs is something which needs to be critically looked at.
Japan's changing strategic calculations will hopefully bring money into India. Abe informed the audience that 480 Japanese companies are present in India and Indo-Japan partnership is growing by leaps and bounds
'On the agenda: A nearly $100 billion Delhi-Mumbai fast track freight corridor, a similar corridor for Delhi and Kolkata, cooperation in counter-terrorism and security matters, and civil nuclear cooperation.'
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will seek more investments from Japanese companies into India during his four-day visit to Japan.
Defence and security cooperation, short of any military alliance, will also high be on agenda of talks that Singh will have with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday.
Cooperation in civil nuclear energy and comprehensive economic engagement will be high on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's agenda as he embarks on a four-day trip to Japan from Wednesday.
'We will do our best to prevent coronavirus infections here in Japan and also to welcome the athletes from all over the world.'
Indian businessmen on the forum would also include Baba Kalyani of Bharat Forge, Sunil Kant Munjal of Hero Honda, Nandan Nilekani of Infosys, Vikram Kirloskar of Toyota Kirloskar and Deepak Parekh of HDFC.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump talked by phone for about 50 minutes Friday morning and agreed to 'strengthen cooperation' on fighting the novel coronavirus, but did not discuss postponing the Olympics or holding them without spectators, Japanese officials said.
As Shinzo Abe begins his crucial visit to India on Friday looking to clinch a slew of deals including bullet trains and amphibious defence planes, the Chinese media on Friday said the Japanese premier is trying to rope in India as part of a strategy to contain arch rival China.
Money to come only after Delhi improves biz environment & fast-tracks work.
Relations between India and Japan seem to be at an all-time high, with the two countries making a concerted attempt to interact at various levels -- economic, political and strategic.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will move the Weapons of Mass Destruction Bill in Rajya Sabha, as per the house's list of business.
Bush Sr is in Japan for business meetings.
It has been clear, these past three days, that the Indian delegation had, while following the economic agenda, in parallel made a push for a positive statement from Japan on the nuclear question.
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