Japan-India relations

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.

India's Northeast brings Japan's "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" strategy and India's "Act East" strategies together.

Japan's flurry of diplomacy highlights its outreach to newer, more distant partners.

Evaluating PM Abe’s sideline diplomacy and Japan’s pursuit of previously stated goals.

The focus on China has overshadowed Japan's increasing presence in the region.

India and Japan kicked off their first joint air exercise in northern India in early December.