Fumio Kishida said on Saturday that the Quad Leaders Summit taking place in Wilmington, Delaware "could not have been better suited" for his last foreign visit as the Prime Minister of Japan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met with Akie Abe, the wife of Japan's late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and fondly remembered his close personal friendship with Shinzo Abe.
India is keen to become a developed country by 2047 and partnership with Japan will play an important role in the completion of this vision in areas such as defence technology and industry, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesda
Acknowledging the fact that India and Japan have a strategic convergence of interests, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said there is scope for growing business between both nations and New Delhi will have to work harder with Tokyo.
At a time when the Quad Foreign Ministers held a meeting in Tokyo, the United States said that its relationship with India is not restricted just to the security bloc, but the bilateral engagement between the two nations is spread much wider across multiple domains.
Sharing a post on X, Jaishankar said, "Good to meet FM @Kamikawa_Yoko once again. Thank her for the Quad FMM arrangements. Took stock of our bilateral agenda and spoke about ways to continue strengthening our political, trade and people-to-people connect."
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday highlighted the growing economic ties between India and Japan, highlighting an investment target of Yen 5 trillion, that is USD 42 billion by 2027 in India.
The two discussed ways to further deepen the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership. They also discussed strengthening parliamentary exchanges, B2B ties, and cooperation in human resources and education matters.
Japan's Ambassador to India, Hiroshi Suzuki, said that he felt like Bollywood actor Aamir Khan as he experimented with some props from one of his movies on Thursday.