In the era of changing geo-politics, India should be confident that India-Japan bilateral ties are getting strengthened profoundly. Examine (200 Words)
Refer - The Hindu
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IAS Parliament 4 years
KEY POINTS
· Tokyo and Washington drilled down to brass tacks on their joint security partnership given the need to address China’s recent belligerence in territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas as well as in the Taiwan Strait.
· Both sides affirmed the centrality of their treaty alliance, for long a source of stability in East Asia.
· The two allies earmarked billions in funding for the deployment of secure 5G networks, committed to building digital infrastructure in developing countries.
· Both powers repeatedly emphasised their vision of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific that respects the rule of law, freedom of navigation, democratic norms and the use of peaceful means to settle disputes.
· In just a decade, New Delhi and Tokyo have expanded high-level ministerial and bureaucratic contacts, conducted joint military exercises and concluded military pacts such as the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) logistics agreement.
· The disagreements over India’s insistence on data localisation and continued reluctance to accede to global cybersecurity agreements such as the Budapest Convention.
· While Japan has poured in around $34 billion in investments into the Indian economy, Japan is only India’s 12th largest trading partner and trade volumes.
· A Suga-Modi Summit would undoubtedly devote much attention to evolving a joint strategy towards key third countries and multilateral bodies.
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