Japan has had a significant influence on India, according to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who also described Japan as an “exemplary modernizer” for India. Speaking in front of Yoshimasa Hayashi, Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the India-Japan Forum, Jaishankar said New Delhi and Tokyo should continue to deepen their bilateral ties in order to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific.
“What really does Japan means to India? Japan is in many ways the exemplary moderniser… It is an example of relevance. It’s also a country for which there is a lot of goodwill in history. Today under PM Modi, we also had great modernisation. A self-reliant India,” Jaishakar said.
“Japan is a natural partnership in this modernising India. Japan has truly unleashed the revolution in India. The Suzuki revolution! The second revolution was the metro revolution. The third revolution is the high-speed rail in making. The fourth revolution is in critical and emerging technologies and semiconductors,” he added.
Jaishankar listed out examples of the impact that Japan has made in India in terms of technology and the four main revolutions from Japan that had created an impact in India.
Thursday morning saw the arrival in New Delhi of the Japanese foreign minister. The 15th India-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue took place on Thursday in New Delhi between Jaishankar and Yoshimasa Hayashi. Reviewing the developments in the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership was made possible by the meeting. The two ministers had in-depth conversations about a variety of topics with bilateral, regional, and international significance. They emphasized the significance of further fostering the partnership between India and Japan based on shared values and principles.