PM Modi rounds-off Japan visit – lands in China for SCO summit
PM Modi rounds-off Japan visit – lands in China for SCO summit
PM Modi rounded-off
Japan visit and has reached China.
Amidst his visit, India and Japan firmed up
13 key agreements and declarations and announced the launch of several key initiatives
PM.Modi on Saturday August 30, 2025, after wrapping up two-day visit to Japan, jetted-off China to attend the SCO summit.
In the midst of his visit, India and Japan firmed up 13 key agreements and declarations and announced the launch of several key initiatives.
In an X post, PM Modi said that the visit to Japan will be remembered for the productive outcomes which will be of beneficial to the people of our nations. He thanks PM Ishiba, the Japanese people and the Government for their warmth.
India signs pact with Japan for low carbon technologies
The new measures to further expand the India-Japan special strategic and global partnership were unveiled following summit talks between PM Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba.
Japan set an investment target of 10 trillion yen (approximately ₹60,000 crore) in India over a decade and the two sides sealed a raft of big-ticket pacts, including a framework for defence ties and a 10-year roadmap to largely boost economic partnership.
Other agreements signed include an economic security architecture to promote supply chain resilience in strategic sectors such as semiconductors, clean energy, telecom, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and new and emerging technologies.
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The PM who landed in Tokyo on Friday August 29, 2025, said India-Japan cooperation is crucial for global peace and stability, and both sides have laid a strong foundation for a “new and golden chapter” in the partnership.
The 10-year roadmap focuses on significantly expanding overall economic ties. It comprised several key pillars for boosting engagement that included economic security, mobility, ecological sustainability, technology and innovation, health, people-to-people exchanges and engagements between Indian states and Japanese prefectures.
The two sides also signed an implementing arrangement for the Chandrayaan-5 mission, a joint exploration of the polar region of the moon by the space agencies of the two countries.
On Saturday, PM Modi met governors of 16 Japanese prefectures in Tokyo and called for strengthening state-prefecture cooperation under the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.
Later, he also travelled with Mr. Ishiba to Sendai in the Japanese prefecture of Miyagi to visit a semiconductor plant.
During his two-day visit to China, PM Modi will attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tianjin on August 31 and September 1.
The summit of the 10-member bloc is regarded as significant and most consequential from the point of view of India-China relations in the current context of a sudden downturn in India-U.S. ties after Mr. Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Indian exports.
This will be Mr. Modi’s first visit to China in seven years.
News Edit KV Raman
