The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on its front page that on August 29, 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Sho and Indian Prime Minister Modi held a summit meeting, with core topics including economic cooperation, investment and factory establishment, and security cooperation. The two sides will sign the "Economic Security Cooperation Initiative," focusing on cooperation in fields such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and important minerals, and plan to achieve a target of 10 trillion yen in private investment from Japan to India over the next 10 years.

The two countries reached major joint statements:

1. Achieve a target of 10 trillion yen in private investment from Japan to India over the next 10 years.

2. Both countries expressed concern about the severe situation in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

3. Japan and India decided to expand defense cooperation.

4. Further promote the development of the "Quad" framework for cooperation among Japan, the United States, Australia, and India.

5. Introduce Japan's Shinkansen high-speed railway system to India.

6. Achieve a two-way personnel exchange of more than 500,000 people within five years, including 50,000 Indian talents coming to Japan.

On the 29th, during his visit to Japan, Prime Minister Modi responded to a written interview by the Yomiuri Shimbun. Regarding the revised "Japan-India Security Cooperation Joint Declaration" planned during his visit, he said, "This is to advance our desire to build a safe and stable Indo-Pacific region for the next generation," and expressed his intention to promote defense cooperation. Modi spoke about memories of Abe Shinzo and was moved to the point of almost crying.

The draft revision of the joint statement signed in 2008 includes new cooperation in the fields of economic security and defense industry. The Japanese and Indian governments plan to exchange the revised documents during the summit meeting on the 29th.

As the Modi government urgently seeks to diversify defense equipment procurement centered around Russia, Japan is transferring ship communication antenna equipment to India. Modi emphasized that defense cooperation is "a great success story for the two countries." "Japan has a good record in defense technology. Based on political trust and complementarity, the two countries can not only design and produce for their own countries but also for the world," he said, expressing his intention to cooperate in order to sell products to third countries.

Regarding the Quad framework for cooperation among Japan, the United States, Australia, and India, the theme has expanded to maritime security and space cooperation, and he said, "I believe it will continue to produce practical solutions and concrete results."

Cooperation in the indigenous semiconductor field in India will become a "main pillar" of Japan-India partnership, and he said, "By combining India's scale and capabilities with Japan's advanced technology, we can establish a resilient and reliable semiconductor supply network."

He stated that in addition to the line connecting the commercial city of Mumbai and the industrial city under construction, Ahmedabad, he plans to use the Japanese Shinkansen system planned for introduction in India to expand the high-speed rail and said, "We welcome the active participation of Japanese companies."

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