Japan

share civilizational ties, democratic value,s common vision for peace, prosperity, stability in indo pacific
cultural roots to strategic convergence, this relationship has matured into Special Strategic & Global Partnership

Background

1952: diplomatic ties began w/ Peace Treaty
2011: CEPA
2016: Japan announced Country Assistance Policy, logistics pact, visa on arrival
2021: launched SCRI with Australia

Indo pacific & strategic ties
- common vision: free open rule based indo pacific
- active partners in QUAD & SCRI
- Japan’s FOIP aligns w/ india’s regional stance
Development & infra
- joint projects: Asia Africa Growth Corridor, Blue Dot Network
- Largest ODA partner: Funds metro, water, energy, rural projects
- ISRO - JAXA cooperation: LUPEX
Multilateral
- coordination in G4 (UN Reforms), G20, G7
- climate change, circular economy, gobal governance
- defence logistics, intelligence via QUAD
economic & trade
- bilateral: $22.85B 2024-25
- CEPA: trade, services, investment, IPR
- Japan: top 5 FDI sources, $75B bilateral swap arrangement
Defence & security
- 2008 security cooperation declaration
- logistics agreement; access to bases
- Joint drills: Dharma Guardian, Sahyog Kaijn

Challenge	India	Japan
Trade volume	limited exports	quality norms restrict import
	NTB from japan
FDI flow	low share from japan despite potential	High gglobal FDI, less to India
China policy	assertive at LAC	Aligns more w/ US on China
	Cautious on Taiwan / SCS
Russia conflict	Neutral	supports sanctions
digital trade	opposed to osaka track	pro cross border data rules
Project delays	Bullet train, AAGC slow	Seeking faster delivery
Defence deals	delay in US-2 aircraft	growing competition in exports