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    The Indian Eye
                                            EYE ON INDIA                                                                                     7
                                                                                                                         JULY 10, 2026

             India and Japan Strengthen Indo-Pacific

                           Partnership with Focus on Quad

                  From economic security to defense cooperation, India and Japan are reinforcing their strategic

                                 partnership as they seek to shape a free, open and resilient Indo-Pacific.

            OUR BUREAU                                                                                            prominently in the summit outcomes.
                                                                                                                  Through  the  Joint  Statement  on
            New Delhi
                                                                                                                  Energy  Resilience,  India  and  Japan
                  he India-Japan relationship                                                                     agreed to strengthen cooperation on
                  entered  a  significant  new                                                                    strategic  petroleum  reserves,  crude
            Tphase this week as Prime Min-                                                                        oil  stockpiling,  maritime  energy
            ister Narendra Modi and Japanese                                                                      transport and clean energy. The two
            Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi un-                                                                     countries will exchange best practices
            veiled an ambitious roadmap aimed                                                                     on emergency response mechanisms
            at deepening cooperation across stra-                                                                 and  reserve  management  while  ex-
            tegic  sectors  while  reaffirming  their                                                             ploring joint investments in maritime
            shared  commitment  to  a  free,  open                                                                energy transport infrastructure.
            and  rules-based  Indo-Pacific.  The                                                                      The launch of the India-Japan
            outcomes of the 16th India-Japan                                                                      Cooperative Biogas for Growth Ini-
            Annual  Summit  reflected  how  the                                                                   tiative added another dimension to
            partnership has evolved beyond tra-                                                                   the partnership. Under the initiative,
            ditional  economic  engagement  into                                                                  Japan will support the establishment
            one centered on economic security,                                                                    of  1,000  biogas  and  organic  fertiliz-
            advanced technologies, resilient sup-                                                                 er plants across India through dairy
            ply chains and regional stability.                                                                    cooperative networks. The two sides
                At the heart of the summit was                                                                    also agreed to promote hydrogen and
            a 16-point roadmap accompanied by   Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi greet the gathering   ammonia projects, strengthen battery
            three major policy documents—the   at the India-Japan Joint Economic Forum, in New Delhi on Thursday. (@narendramodi X/ANI Photo)  supply chains and expand coopera-
            India-Japan Joint Declaration on                                                                      tion in solar, nuclear energy and car-
            Economic  Security,  the  Joint  State-  Both countries expressed concern  tors, computer resources, multilin-  bon credit trading.
            ment on Cooperation in the Field of   over economic coercion, arbitrary ex-  gual AI models, cybersecurity, gover-  The  declaration  was  particular-
            Artificial  Intelligence  and  the  Joint   port restrictions and non-market prac-  nance  and  applications  designed  for   ly  significant  because  it  came  amid
            Statement  on  Energy  Resilience.   tices that disrupt global supply chains,  public good.           questions over the United States’
            Together  with  agreements  covering   particularly  those  involving  critical   Several concrete partnerships   decision  to  drop  the  word  “Indo”
            batteries,  pharmaceuticals,  mobility,   minerals  and  strategic  industries.  were announced to support these   from  the  name  of  its  Pacific  Com-
            critical  minerals,  biotechnology,  fi-  The summit outlined practical  ambitions. IIT Bombay’s BharatGen   mand.  Rather  than  allowing  such
            nancial  services  and  internet  gover-  measures to reduce vulnerabilities  Technology  Foundation  will  collab-  developments to influence their own
            nance, the package signaled a broad   in these sectors. In semiconductors,  orate with Japan’s National Insti-  approach, India and Japan chose to
            expansion of bilateral cooperation.  India  and  Japan  agreed  to  diversify  tute  of  Informatics  on  multilingual   reinforce  their  shared  geopolitical
                The Joint Declaration on Eco-  supply chains while expanding coop-  scientific  large  language  models,   vision.  The  two  countries  agreed  to
            nomic Security places economic re-  eration  in  manufacturing,  research,  while Sarvam AI and Preferred Net-  deepen cooperation under the Quad-
            silience at the center of bilateral ties.   design  and  skill  development.  Japa-  works  will  work  together  on  foun-  rilateral  Security  Dialogue  (Quad)
            It  identifies  economic  security  as  a   nese companies will also be encour-  dational  AI  models.  An  agreement   while aligning Japan’s updated “Free
            foundational pillar of the relationship   aged  to  participate  more  actively  in  between the IndiaAI Mission and   and  Open  Indo-Pacific”  (FOIP)  vi-
            and seeks to promote project-based   India’s Semiconductor Mission 2.0.  Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade   sion with India’s maritime initiative,
            cooperation in semiconductors, crit-  On critical minerals, the two countries  and Industry aims to promote AI   MAHASAGAR (Mutual and Ho-
            ical minerals, information and com-  agreed to deepen technical coopera-  startups  and  innovation,  reflecting   listic Advancement for Security and
            munication technology, clean energy   tion and jointly develop an ecosystem  the  emphasis  both  governments  are   Growth Across Regions).
            and  pharmaceuticals.  According  to   for  e-waste  recycling  to  improve  re-  placing  on  emerging  technologies.  According  to  Foreign  Secretary
            the declaration, the partnership is   covery of strategic resources.    Recognizing India’s growing pool   Vikram Misri, the leaders held exten-
            “underpinned by mutual trust, shared   Technology  emerged  as  another  of technology talent, the two govern-  sive  discussions  on  the  Indo-Pacific
            values  and  aligned  interests”  while   major pillar of the partnership. India  ments  reaffirmed  their  objective  of   and drew inspiration from the ideas
            recognizing that the “prosperity, se-  and  Japan  elevated  artificial  intelli-  bringing 500 highly skilled Indian AI   first  articulated  by  former  Japanese
            curity and economic futures of the   gence cooperation into a strategic re-  professionals to Japan by 2030. They   Prime  Minister  Shinzo  Abe.  Misri
            two sides are deeply intertwined.”  search and development partnership,  also  agreed  to  expand  joint  research   noted that PM Takaichi recalled Abe’s
                That language reflects the chang-  committing themselves to building a  programmes, internships and industry   landmark 2007 address to the Indian
            ing  geopolitical  environment  in  the   “safe, secure, trustworthy, inclusive  partnerships,  demonstrating  that  the   Parliament,  “Confluence  of  the  Two
            Indo-Pacific,  where  supply  chains,   and  human-centric  AI  ecosystem.”  technology partnership extends beyond   Oceans,” which first outlined the stra-
            critical  technologies  and  economic   Cooperation will span the entire AI  government agreements into academ-  tegic concept of the Indo-Pacific and
            resilience have become as strategical-  technology  stack,  including  secure  ic  and private-sector collaboration.  highlighted the interconnected nature
            ly important as military capabilities.   digital  infrastructure,  semiconduc-  Energy  security  also  featured   of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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