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INDIA JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2016
Abe eyes India to cement high-speed rail dominance over China
In the strategic rivalry between Japan and China, high-speed rail contracts are one of the best ways to project power. And no Asian country offers more opportunities than India.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2016
India eyes Japan nuclear deal as ties deepen on Modi visit
India says it's edging closer to a nuclear pact with Japan, which would open up one of the world's fastest expanding power markets to vendors struggling for growth after the Fukushima disaster.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2016
Mitsui's Indian home shopping partner plans push to dominate market
With e-commerce and TV shopping gaining traction in India, Naaptol Online Shopping Pvt. Ltd. is looking to expand further by leveraging partner Mitsui & Co.'s experience in home shopping, top company officials say.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 5, 2016
Modi and Abe are at the nuclear altar again
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan for a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Nov. 11 and 12, and it is expected they will finally seal the deal on an elusive civil nuclear cooperation accord. When Abe visited India last year there was widespread speculation that the agreement would...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2016
Abe, Modi look to ink civil nuclear pact at November meeting
A meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi is set to be held in Tokyo in mid-November, with a civil nuclear cooperation pact likely to be signed, according to a source close to bilateral ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 8, 2016
Abe, Modi discuss boosting economic, counterterrorism cooperation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, have discussed potential avenues for economic cooperation, coordination in counterterrorism efforts and other regional issues in their meeting on the sidelines of multilateral gatherings in Laos.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2016
Japan, U.S., India to hold trilateral talks in Tokyo
Senior diplomats from Japan, the United States and India will meet Tuesday in Tokyo for trilateral talks, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2016
Top U.S. diplomat to visit Tokyo for talks with Japan, India; China likely to be focus of discussions
A top U.S. diplomat will make a three-day trip to Tokyo starting Sunday for trilateral talks with India and Japan — a meeting likely to touch on maritime security and cooperation amid Beijing's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2016
Japan, India agree to boost three-way defense cooperation with U.S.
Amid China's increasing maritime assertiveness, the defense ministers of Japan and India agreed Friday to boost their trilateral security cooperation with the United States.
EDITORIALS
Dec 16, 2015
The risky nuclear deal with India
The pending nuclear cooperation pact with India, a nuclear weapons power, represents a major shift in Japanese policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 14, 2015
Abe-Modi deals shows Asia's top powers moving to keep rising China in check
India and Japan took their biggest steps yet to deepen strategic ties, and it's mostly thanks to China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2015
Civic groups, A-bomb survivors blast Japan-India nuclear power deal
Civic groups and atomic bomb survivors on Saturday criticized the Japanese government for agreeing with India to work toward sealing a civil nuclear cooperation pact, fearing the move might lead India to divert the technology to weapons production.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2015
India clears Japan's bid for first bullet train ahead of Abe trip
India's Cabinet has cleared a $14.7 billion Japanese proposal to build its first bullet train line, an Indian government minister and official said on Thursday, one of India's biggest foreign investments in its infrastructure sector.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2015
Japan to win contract for India's first high-speed railway
India is reportedly ready to adopt Japanese bullet-train technology, with the two nations' leaders expected to announce the agreement this week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2015
Abe visit unlikely to lead to nuclear deal with India's Modi
It may take a few more meetings between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and India's Narendra Modi before the two countries seal a civil nuclear agreement.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2015
Abe slates Dec. 11-13 India trip during meeting with Modi in Paris
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit India from Dec. 11 to 13, according to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 28, 2015
Japan expected to reach deal with India on defense-related equipment exports
Japan and India are likely to reach a broad defense accord next month that is seen as a step toward exporting Japanese-made amphibious aircraft, government sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 21, 2015
Abe hopes to visit India next month in bid to boost security ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday that he hopes to visit India next month, as he pushes for stronger security ties with the South Asian country amid China's muscle-flexing at sea.
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2015
Minister says Japan pension funds should invest in India rail
India proposed Japanese pension funds invest in rail projects in the South Asian nation as the government prepares to spend more than $140 billion over five years upgrading its outdated tracks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 23, 2015
Japan, India, U.S. plan Indian Ocean naval drills, in tightening of ties
Japan is set to take part in joint naval exercises with India and the U.S. in the Indian Ocean in October, a drill that so riled China eight years ago that Delhi has not since hosted such a multilateral exercise.

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