India–Japan Annual Summit 2025: Vision, Investment, Human Exchange, and Tech Cooperation
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Institution: Ministry of External Affairs | Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shigeru Ishiba met in Tokyo at the 15th India–Japan Annual Summit, a two-day engagement on 29–30 August 2025. The leaders outlined a ten-year vision across eight priority areas covering economic partnership, technology, sustainability, mobility, health, and cultural ties.
A new target of ¥10 trillion in Japanese private investment to India over the next five years was announced, alongside commitments to strengthen supply chains within the Make in India framework. Human resource exchange was given equal weight, with a plan to facilitate 500,000 personnel movements over five years, including 50,000 skilled Indian professionals to Japan.
The summit produced agreements on critical minerals, clean hydrogen, Chandrayaan-5 collaboration, and Digital Partnership 2.0 with a focus on AI. It also advanced cooperation on mobility infrastructure, MSME linkages, sustainable fuels, and eco-friendly data centers. Cultural exchange programmes, state–prefecture partnerships, and business forums were reaffirmed as platforms to deepen people-to-people and institutional ties.
Further announcements are expected on the concluding day, underscoring the summit’s wide agenda and long-term strategic intent.
Relevant question for policy stakeholders: How can India and Japan institutionalise their expanding partnership so that it strengthens not just bilateral ties, but also reshapes regional economic governance and supply-chain resilience in Asia?
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