♤ A Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Japan and India was concluded in 2011.

♤ PM Shinzo Abe paid an official visit to India for the 8th Annual Summit with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh from 25-27 January 2014 and was the Chief Guest at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi.

♤ Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Japan from 30 August – September 3, 2014 for the 9th Annual Summit Meeting with Prime Minster Shinzo Abe.

♤ During the visit in 2014, the two sides upgraded the relationship to a ‘Special Strategic and Global Partnership’. Both sides also agreed to establish the ‘India-Japan Investment Promotion Partnership’. PM Abe pledged to realize public and private investments worth JPY 3.5 trillion and doubling of the number of Japanese companies in India over the next five years.

♤ Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Visited India in September 2017

1.2. Economy

♤ Economic relations between India and Japan have vast potential for growth, given the