Overview
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Japan’s Toshimitsu Motegi co-chaired the 18th Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi and formally launched a Japan–India AI Dialogue led by their foreign ministries.
- The two governments agreed to convene a Joint Working Group on Critical Minerals in early 2026 to deepen cooperation on rare earths and related inputs for semiconductors and clean energy.
- Officials said a Japan–India private-sector economic security dialogue will begin by March, with a second government-level Economic Security Dialogue scheduled for the first half of 2026.
- Japan’s foreign ministry confirmed plans to export the UNICORN integrated stealth antenna system to the Indian Navy, identifying the transfer as a flagship defence cooperation project.
- Both sides signaled acceleration of the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail project with next-generation E10 Shinkansen technology, reaffirmed Quad coordination, and noted shared concerns over coercive economic measures by third countries.