India Japan Relationship
Introduction:
- As part of the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership (IJSSGP) Summit, which has influenced the development of this bilateral relationship since 2006, the Prime Leaders of India and Japan have exchanged visits. Over time, the ties between India and Japan have only gotten stronger.
Recent alterations:
- But, Fumio Kishida, the prime minister of Japan, did not visit Delhi this week with the IJSSGP as his main agenda item. He concentrated on coordinating the G-7 and G-20 agendas on issues related to food and energy security, especially those related to the situation in Ukraine.
- referring to Japan’s $75 billion Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) programme, which will work with other nations in the area to improve aviation and marine security, prevent debt traps, and create infrastructure.
- Japan is an ally of western nations, whereas Mr. Kishida appeared to emphasise the necessity for a global consensus, particularly one that included India, to manage the challenges from Russia and China. India is referred to in his FOIP plan as a “indispensable partner,” and Japan is concerned about how China is performing in its neighbourhood.
Japan and India have bilateral relations.
Diplomatic and strategic ties:
- Kishida was welcomed as a visitor by New Delhi, which maintains close ties with Tokyo through bilateral and multilateral collaboration (the Quad).
- The two nations are jointly working on numerous projects, including a loan from Japan for the much-delayed “Bullet train” project and plans to build the infrastructure necessary to connect Bangladesh and northeastern India.
- Both countries stand to benefit a lot from synchronising goals and making sure that the Global South receives a fair part of the outcomes of both summits as they are the presidents of the G-7 and G-20 summits, respectively.
- Two other common objectives are to put an end to the unrest in Ukraine and stop Chinese aggression in its neighbourhood. It is untrue to assume that they all hold the same views of them. Japan, on the other hand, is a partner in the US alliance. India decided not to join the sanctions against Russia, but Japan has.
- However, India has been reluctant to express its disapproval with Beijing’s operations in other areas, such as the South China Sea and the Taiwan Straits. India has expressed its concerns with China’s moves close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Military Relations:
- As a result of bilateral and multinational exercises like Dharma Guardian and Malabar, the India-Japan defence and security alliance has developed over time.
- The official Tri-Service Exchanges between Japan and India round out the trio. Since 2006, the Coast Guard has annually exchanged troops. One of them is the Japan-India Vision 2025 Special Strategic and Global Partnership, which aims to cooperate for both the Indo-Pacific region’s and the rest of the world’s peace and development.
Monetary relationships:
- Trade between the two nations has grown in scope. Japan ranked as India’s twelfth-largest trading partner in 2020. Furthermore increasing is Japan’s direct investment in India.
- Throughout the past few decades, Japan has loaned India the most money for official development assistance (ODA). One of the best examples of Japanese cooperation with ODA is the Delhi Metro.
- The Japan International Cooperation Agency offered a soft credit under Special Conditions for Economic Partnership for the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project in India (STEP).
- Moreover, Japan and India chose to use Shinkansen Technology from Japan to create high-speed rail in India.
- India The six nuclear reactors in southern India will be built with assistance from the Japan Nuclear Agreement 2016, tripling the nation’s nuclear energy capacity by 2032.
Conclusion:
- Any modification to New Delhi’s delicate geopolitical balancing act would seem unlikely, even at the request of a close ally like Japan, given that Mr. Modi is scheduled to visit Hiroshima as a G-7 special invitee in May and then host Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit.
