Japan-India relations

Three reasons why the Japanese PM’s trip was historic.

India and Japan’s shared concerns about China are a key driver of their growing relationship. 

Amid fractured global politics, Kishida’s visit to New Delhi proved how crucial India in for Japan’s Indo-Pacific strategy.

Is the Japanese PM making up for his foreign minister’s absence at the G-20, or is there more to the trip? 

The China factor has steadied the two nations' strategic partnership, despite their differences of opinion on other matters.

The India-Japan engagement has been enhanced both on the bilateral front as well as in minilateral formats such as the Quad in recent years. 

Abe’s role and legacy in transforming Japan’s role in global affairs, as well as in enhancing India-Japan ties, cannot be emphasized enough. 

India lost its most ardent advocate in Japan.

Japan has invested around $2 billion in improving infrastructure in India's Northeast, which Tokyo sees as a crucial part of its own Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision.

Over the past decade, India has grown increasingly prominent in Japan's regional strategy.

Japanese PM Abe postponed a planned summit with Modi in Assam and Manipur, where protests are raging.