Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:49am on 28 Aug 2025,Thursday India Global
Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a two-day visit to Japan on August 29 for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit with PM Shigeru Ishiba. Key agenda items include Quad cooperation, regional security, defence collaboration, and expanding bullet train projects beyond Mumbai-Ahmedabad. Modi will tour Tokyo Electron and the Tohoku Shinkansen plant, with discussions on procuring E10 bullet trains. Japan plans to invest ¥10 trillion ($68 billion) in India across eight sectors, including AI and semiconductors. An AI cooperation initiative and increased Indian tech workforce in Japan are also on the table. Modi’s visit precedes the SCO Summit in China, where he may meet Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin amid rising U.S. tariff tensions. (PC: Prime Minister’s Office Of Japan & ANI)
