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    India & Japan seal multiple pacts and Vision Plan for the Next Decade

    Posted 30 Aug 2025

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    Japan set the investment target of 10 trillion yen in India over a decade as India - Japan announced Joint Vision for the Next Decade with a roadmap to bolster cooperation in the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit.

    Key outcomes of Summit

    • India-Japan Joint Vision for the Next Decade: A 10-year strategic framework across eight areas: economic partnership, economic security, mobility, technology and innovation etc.
    • Joint declaration on security Cooperation: Comprehensive framework to enhance defense and security cooperation. (Launched Economic Security Initiative).
    • Action Plan for India-Japan Human Resource Exchange: It promotes two-way exchange of 500,000 people, including 50,000 skilled and semi-skilled Indians over five years. ( Next-General Mobility Partnership).
    • Cooperation on Joint Crediting Mechanism: Promote Japanese investment in India and India’s sustainable development.
    • India - Japan Digital Partnership 2.0: Collaboration and joint R&D in futuristic technological fields such as AI, etc. (Launched India - Japan AI Initiative)
    • Others: MoUs in the field of Mineral Resources, Joint Lunar Polar Exploration Mission, Clean Hydrogen and Ammonia(Sustainable Fuel Initiative), Cooperation on Cultural Exchange, Domestic Waste Water Management, etc.

    Significance of Japan-India relations

    • Convergence of Strategic Interests: China's military and political interventions in the Indo-Pacific, specifically in the South China Sea.
    • Defence Relationship: Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) and Military Exercises: Dharma Guardian, Shinyuu Maitri, JIMEX.
    • Reformed Multilateralism:  Both supports reforms at UNSC and is part of multiple global groupings such as Quad, G20, G4.
    • Industrial development: India-Japan Industrial Competitiveness Partnership, India - Japan Small and Medium Enterprises Forum etc.
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    • India-Japan Annual Summit
    • Japan-India
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