Japan and India will significantly ramp up cooperation in a number of areas, including trade, security, technology and people exchanges, as the special strategic partners draw closer amid growing international concern over unilateral U.S. tariffs.

“Japan is a tech powerhouse, and India is a talent powerhouse,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Japan, said Friday at an economic forum in Tokyo ahead of a summit with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba set to see the signing of a flurry of cooperation agreements.

Modi, who last visited Japan in 2023 for a Group of Seven leaders’ summit in Hiroshima, sought to boost support for his flagship Make in India initiative, calling on industry leaders to deepen cooperation on five particular areas: manufacturing, tech and innovation, green energy, next-gen infrastructure, and skills development.