Tokyo: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba have unveiled an ambitious roadmap to elevate India-Japan relations, announcing wide-ranging agreements across economic growth, technology, energy, security, culture, and space cooperation.
At the centre of the outcomes was the India-Japan Joint Vision for the Next Decade, a 10-year framework outlining eight priority areas: economic partnership, economic security, mobility, ecological sustainability, technology and innovation, health, people-to-people links, and state-prefecture cooperation.
Japan pledged 10 trillion yen ($68 billion) in private investments in India over the next decade, while both sides launched a comprehensive Economic Security Initiative covering semiconductors, clean energy, telecom, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals, and emerging technologies.
“Today, we have laid a strong foundation for a new and golden chapter in our Special Strategic and Global Partnership,” Modi said during a joint address with Ishiba in Tokyo.
The 15th India-Japan Annual Summit was held in Tokyo earlier this evening. PM Ishiba and I reviewed the full range of bilateral ties between our nations and agreed to further strengthen the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.@shigeruishiba pic.twitter.com/4hkWVFxnNp
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 29, 2025
A landmark Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation was signed, creating a framework to address evolving security challenges. Both leaders underlined shared concerns over terrorism, cybersecurity, and maritime security, agreeing to deepen defence industry collaboration and innovation. “India and Japan are fully committed to a free, open, peaceful, and rules-based Indo-Pacific,” Modi stated.
The summit gave a significant push to human mobility with an Action Plan for Human Resource Exchange, aiming to facilitate the two-way movement of 500,000 people, including 50,000 skilled and semi-skilled Indian workers to Japan in the next five years.
Modi emphasised that ties would extend beyond national capitals to include institutional cooperation between Indian states and Japanese prefectures, unlocking opportunities in trade, tourism, education, and cultural exchanges.
Climate action featured prominently with a memorandum on the Joint Crediting Mechanism to advance India’s decarbonisation goals, alongside cooperation in wastewater management, biodiversity, and pollution control.
A Joint Declaration on Clean Hydrogen and Ammonia was also signed to strengthen research and investment in green fuels.
On the digital front, the two sides launched India-Japan Digital Partnership 2.0, boosting collaboration in AI, IoT, semiconductors, and digital public infrastructure. The India-Japan AI Initiative and a Next-Generation Mobility Partnership were also announced.
インド共和国 モディ首相との首脳会談。防衛、経済など多岐にわたる協力について話し合いました。明日は新幹線と半導体関連の視察にご一緒します。 pic.twitter.com/bA6IFvGiL0
— 石破茂 (@shigeruishiba) August 29, 2025
ISRO and JAXA formalised cooperation on the Joint Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (Chandrayaan-5), while agreements were signed to expand researcher exchanges and institutional linkages.
Both leaders reaffirmed the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail as a flagship project, agreeing to accelerate work on the Shinkansen technology and prepare for the early 2030s introduction of the E10 series.
Cultural and academic ties were reinforced through fresh agreements on exchange programmes and diplomacy training, alongside enhanced state-level linkages with Japan’s Kansai and Kyushu regions.
On the global stage, Modi and Ishiba reiterated their commitment to urgent reform of the UN Security Council, supporting each other’s candidature for permanent membership and calling for concrete outcomes in a fixed timeframe.
The agreements mark one of the most comprehensive expansions of the India-Japan partnership, laying the groundwork for a decade of deeper collaboration across sectors.
