Modi and Takaichi called for concerted action against Pakistan-based terror outfits Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and their proxies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi on Thursday jointly inaugurated Maruti Suzuki India's Rs 35,000-crore automobile manufacturing facility at IMT Kharkhoda in Haryana.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s first official visit to India brings a major business and security agenda, with Japanese firms expected to announce agreements worth about $12.5 billion.
Unlike earlier India-Japan summits that revolved around infrastructure projects, high-speed rail or broad strategic declarations, this meeting comes amid a series of cascading global crises that have blurred the line between economics and national security.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives in New Delhi for her first official visit to India, where talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi will focus on AI, semiconductors, investment, economic security and the Indo-Pacific.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Thursday, disrupting bullet train services and triggering an emergency response. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said there was no tsunami threat but urged residents to remain vigilant.
Former Indian foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal said Donald Trump had effectively admitted to unprovoked aggression, the same charge historically levelled at Japan for the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
Japan’s election has delivered something rarer than a market rally: a sense of political finality.
The ruling party under Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi went past 233 seats mark and was headed towards a supermajority of up to two-thirds of the 465 seats in the lower house of the National Diet.
The decision to dissolve the lower house was taken on Friday.
