New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, reaffirming during the discussions the vital role being played by the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership in advancing peace and stability across the Indo-Pacific. “Delighted to receive Mr Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan. Reaffirmed the vital role of the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership in advancing pe…
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New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday that the Quad nations have agreed to strongly oppose attempts to unilaterally change the status quo by force or coercion. Addressing the press along with Foreign Ministers of India, Australia and the US following the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday, Motegi expressed the commitment of the Quad nations towards denuclearisation of North Korea.”Today’s meeting gave us a good opportunity to se…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar discussed various facets of cooperation between India and Japan with his Japanese counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi, in New Delhi on Monday. “Delighted to welcome FM Toshimitsu Motegi of Japan to New Delhi today. Held wide-ranging discussions on various facets of our cooperation, including economic security, trade, energy, supply chain resilience, shipping, technology, innovation, and people-to-people ties,” EAM Jaishankar w…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday met Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi ahead of Tuesday’s Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi, highlighting that the special strategic and global partnership between both countries remains rooted in their joint vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific. “Between India and Japan of course, we have a special strategic and global partnership and that signals that our ties have a larger implication, larger imp…
Tokyo, May 23 (IANS) India’s expanding maritime outreach, including its ‘Necklace of Diamonds’ counter-strategy, logistics agreements with Australia, France and Japan, coastal surveillance networks, naval base arrangements in Seychelles and BrahMos missile sales to the Philippines beginning in 2024 signals the most “proximate and credible structural pushback” to Chinese maritime assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.No other Quad members possess India’s geographic and strategic positionin…
Tokyo, May 11 (IANS) R Madhu Sudan, Charge d’Affaires at the Indian Embassy in Japan, on Monday visited the National Institute of Defence Studies (NIDS) in Tokyo where, during a discussion, he highlighted India’s strategic might and military superiority demonstrated during the success of Operation Sindoor and zero-tolerance stand towards terrorism. In his interaction at the NIDS, Sudan spoke about cooperation in the Indo-Pacific which aligs India’s Vision Mahasagar with Japan’s Free and Open I…
Tokyo, May 1 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday arrived in Hanoi as she commenced her five-day visit to Vietnam and Australia. Ahead of her departure from Tokyo, the Prime Minister’s Office stated that Takaichi will hold meetings with the General Secretary of the Communist Party, President To Lam and Prime Minister Le Minh Hung, and other Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi.The focus of the meetings, said Japanese Foreign Ministry, would be on strengthening the Japan-Vietnam Compreh…
New Delhi/Tokyo, March 24 (IANS) Northeast India has emerged as a crucial nexus where India’s ‘Act East Policy’ aligns with Japan’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ (FOIP), enabling coordinated efforts to counter assertive regional influences through deeper maritime and land connectivity, a report highlighted on Tuesday. It added that the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) — comprising India, Japan, the US, and Australia — facilitates intelligence sharing, technology access, and infrastructu…
Washington, March 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan wrapped a day of White House meetings with a carefully staged display of warmth, personal praise, and allied purpose, using a bilateral visit shadowed by war in the Middle East to underline the strategic weight of the US-Japan relationship.From the powerful Oval Office on Thursday morning to the majestic State Dining Room in the evening, the visit blended ceremony with hard security concerns. Trump h…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri held a meeting with Special Advisor to Japan’s Prime Minister Sadamasa Oue on Friday, discussing strengthening the defence technology and economic security. “Foreign Secretary Shri Vikram Misri met Sadamasa Oue, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan. They had a productive exchange of views on strengthening the defence technology and economic security pillars of the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership,” Ministry of…