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NEW DELHI, July 2: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday for her official visit to India, with trade, technology and security ties on the agenda.
Takaichi is due to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during her three-day visit, which comes as their countries — Asia’s second- and third-largest economies — seek to deepen trade links.
Trade between them in 2025-26 topped $27 billion, according to official figures from India.
In an article published in the Times of India newspaper ahead of the visit, Takaichi said she expected “candid discussions on how to address the challenges facing the international community in these uncertain and testing times”.
Japan and India are both members of the Quad security alliance along with the United States and Australia, a group seen as a counterweight to China’s presence in the Indian Ocean and wider Asia-Pacific region.
“A genuinely free and open region is not one where only the great powers enjoy freedom but one where every nation is able to chart its own course free from external coercion,” Takaichi said.
She will be given a red carpet welcome on Thursday at the presidential palace, before talks with Modi, who last visited Tokyo in August 2025.
New Delhi’s foreign ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said Takaichi’s visit “marks an important step in taking forward the special strategic and global partnership between India and Japan”.
The two countries are expected to announce several initiatives during the visit covering artificial intelligence, infrastructure development and clean energy.
Takaichi will also attend the Japan-India economic forum, along with representatives from more than 150 Japanese businesses.
“By leveraging each other’s strengths and becoming more resilient and prosperous together, we will serve the interests of both nations,” Takaichi said in her article.
Japan has been the fifth-largest investor in India since April 2000 with cumulative investments of $48 billion, according to New Delhi.
Last year, Tokyo pledged $68 billion in private sector investments in India by 2035.
Tokyo is also backing India’s high-speed railway project with a major loan, and has supported metro projects in several major cities.
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