Japan ties, from cars to bullet trains: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Japan has an important place when it comes to India’s relationship with the world because there’s a sense of belonging, goodwill and respect for each other’s culture. “When it comes to India’s relationship with the world, Japan has an important place in it. This relationship is dated back to centuries. There is a sense of belonging, goodwill and respect for each other’s culture and civilization. There was a time when we were collaborating in building cars and today we are collaborating in building a bullet train,” Modi said.

“Almost two decades ago, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the then Japanese premiere Yoshiro Mori together made our relationship as a global partnership. After becoming Prime Minister in 2014, I got a chance to strengthen our friendship with my dear friend Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,” he added. “This relationship,” Modi said, “will become stronger in New India” Following this, in a trilateral meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ways were discussed to jointly build infrastructure and ensure peace and security in the maritime zone with a ‘strong naval cooperation’ in the Indo-Pacific region in mind.