“The Best Is Yet To Come”: PM Modi’s Op-ed On India-Japan Relations

New Delhi: India-Japanese relations have new responsibilities and objectives including in the midst of Pandemi Covid as global tension and disturbing challenges for stability and security in the Indo-Pacific region have underlined the need to build a formidable supply chain, a development model centered on humans- The human center has underlined the need to build a strong chain of supply, a development model that is centered on humans, and stable and strong international economic relations, which is able to oppose coercion and exploitation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who on Monday arrived in Japan at Japan at Japan on Japan A two -day visit to attend the peak of Quad leaders, wrote in an editorial opinion in the leading prominent Japanese newspaper. He said the relationship between Japan and India was “special, strategic, and global”.
Quad, or Quadrilateral Security, which consisting of India, US, Japan and Australia is a regional formation based on common interests on cooperation in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. Member nations say they share the values ​​of “democracy, freedom and international order based on rules”.

India and Japan will contribute to developing an open, free and inclusive Indo-Pacific region, which is connected by Secure Seas, integrated by trade and investment, which is determined by respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity and anchored in international law, PM Modi added.

Quad formation, experts believes, is an attempt to fight Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific region where he has territorial disputes with several countries.

The Chinese government claims that almost all of the disputed South China Sea, although Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim their parts. Beijing has built artificial islands and military installations in the South China Sea. This was also involved in maritime disputes with Japan on the East China Sea.

Prime Minister Modi is in Japan at the invitation of his colleague in Japan Fumio Kishida. In an op-ED about the lively relationship between India and Japan in the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, he highlighted the partnership between the two countries in making defense, cyber domains, space, and underwater.

I have the opportunity to interact regularly with Japanese people since my days as Gujarat CM , “PM Modi said in a series of tweets when sharing op-ed.

From Bodhisena to Swami Vivekananda, the Indian-Japanese cultural ties have a long and rich history to respect each other and learn from each other, he said in OP-ED.

Among the personal property of Mahatma Gandhi who were valued were the small statues of Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru, three wise monkeys, he said.

Judge Radha Binod Pal is a famous name in Japan, and Gurudev Tagore’s admiration for Japan and interaction with Okakura Tenshin played an important role in forging an initial connection between artists and intellectuals on both sides, he said.

This deep link laids a strong foundation for the modern Indian-Japanese partnership that continues to develop even when we celebrate the 70th commemoration of formal diplomatic bonding,” he said.

Not only the sophistication of technology and Japanese skills, but also the seriousness and long -term commitment of Japanese leadership and business, which made the Japanese gujarat selected industry partner and the most prominent presence at the peak of Gujarat that was eager from the start, he said.

Japan is also proven to be an invaluable partner on India’s journey on the development and modernization path. From the car sector to the industrial corridor, Japanese investment and development assistance has a truly trail of Pan-India, according to Mr. Modi.

The iconic high-rail-ahmedabad railroad project symbolizes Japan’s extensive collaboration in some of the most important efforts to build new India, he said.

We have also fostered dynamic start-up ecosystems in India, with more than 100 unicorn. The Japanese capital has played an important role in this effort. And there is more potential,” he said.

The Indian-Japanese partnership has a greater necessity and serves greater goals, he said.

In Delhi in March 2022, Prime Minister Kishida and I put road maps to further deepen and expand the strategic and global partnership of India-Japan for our countries to work together for the peaceful, stable and prosperous post-Covid world,” ” He said, stating the belief that his meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister would lead to real progress in realizing this ambitious agenda.

In addition to Mr. Modi, the Quad Summit in Tokyo on May 24 will be attended by US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australian Prime Minister-Elected Anthony Albanese.