'If a 'two-front war' develops, Iron Brother may only turn out to be a drag on the PLA, since Pakistan is in no position to wage a war with India,' argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'Relations between India and Japan are robust and devoid of either shadow of history or any irritant.' 'In fact, there is plenty of warmth and goodwill earned over history. There are no negatives but only opportunities,' notes Dr Rajaram Panda.
Japanese two-wheeler major Yamaha plans to foray into the Indian scooter market by next year and will set up a separate body assembly line at its Surajpur plant in Uttar Pradesh for this purpose.
Already ranked ninth in Forbes' list of top tennis earners, Japan's Kei Nishikori is due for a bigger share of the off-court largesse despite losing Monday's final at the US Open, US marketing experts say.
Sunil Nayyar moved to India as head of sales for Sony.
India is in favourable position to attract foreign firms planning to relocate their manufacturing bases due to trade tension between the US and China, says Nomura.
The company has sold 2.37 million units till February.
Nikon India MD Kazuo Ninomiya shares plans of clocking sales worth Rs 1,200 crores in FY18.
There's never a bad time to visit Japan.
Weak equity markets too hit rupee sentiment
The rupee has been under immense pressure due to a host of reasons including soaring crude oil prices, sustained foreign fund outflows and widening current account deficit.
Sterling fell to a 31-year low against the dollar on Monday as a sell-off stemming from Britain's decision to quit the European Union gathered pace, with the euro also pressured as Brexit clouded the future of the rest of the bloc.
Most Asian currency and equity markets too suffered steep losses due to US rate hike fears.
Overall forex market sentiment suffered a sudden reversal of fortune contrary to expectation largely moving in line with local equities, reversing all early strong gains.
Japan is eager to quell fears the Games might be called off, postponed or moved to a different location due to the virus. And despite its optimism over the Olympics, Japan has cancelled numerous sporting events.
A weak dollar in overseas markets also strengthened the rupee sentiment
GO is the first Datsun car for the 21st century.
Expectations of good foreign capital inflows into equity market in view of firm trend in the stock market also boosted the rupee value against the dollar.
As part of its plans to have a 10 per cent share in the domestic automobile market, Japanese auto giant Nissan said it would introduce an automatic transmission variant of its flagship hatchback 'Micra' and mid-sedan 'Sunny' soon in India.
'India-China economic ties are likely to take a hit in the wake of the new situation, but that also provides India with a new opportunity to strengthen its manufacturing base,' points out Dr Rajaram Panda.
For 2012-13, while Volkswagen's sales in India declined 16 per cent Honda Cars India sales rose 35 per cent.
The car will be available from early next year.
Stocks of companies having operations and exports to Europe were the top losers.
The stubbornly high global crude oil prices are opening up a can of worms to heightened inflation risks and likely to disrupt government's fiscal maths along with deteriorating global financial conditions.
Past two years have witnessed a churn, mainly in the area of mergers and acquisitions.
Bearish dollar overseas also supported the rupee
'Both India and Japan can find themselves in a win-win situation if they draw some lessons from each other's strengths,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.
Sadly, Yamaha has no plans of bringing the MT-09 to India but the vehicle has been put on sale in the European markets at a price of Rs. 5.3 lakh.
The motorbike giant will be rolling out an influential 250cc engine sports motorcycle in the Indian market within two years.
Essar Steel wants to partner with a foreign company to consolidate its position in the automobile steel market in India. The company, soon to be a 10-million tonne per annum manufacturer, has 20-25 per cent of the auto steel market. It does not wish to lose any of it to the recent joint ventures formed by various Indian steelmakers with Japanese ones.
The company said it will use the vendor base of its two-wheeler business in India to make the car price competitive.
Tomokazu Seo of Nomura Securities says that the global appetite for risk is selective, but is positive for India.\n\n
Bouts of month-end dollar demand from banks and importers hit the rupee
On BSE, 1,826 shares declined and 982 shares rose, while a total of 194 shares were unchanged
A weak dollar overseas supported the rupee sentiment.
The manufacturer of some of the most iconic brands is now doing a course correction.
Ajinomoto has already established proprietary marketing infrastructure in India and other countries, but will possibly resort to M&As for 'faster reinforcement of operations,' Masatoshi Ito, president of the company said.
The decision will embolden populists across the continent.
The dollar was weak against major world currencies.
The domestic currency had last ended at 64.17 per dollar.
