Overview
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi co-chaired the 18th Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi focused on de‑risking national and global economies.
- Both governments launched an India–Japan AI Dialogue led by their foreign ministries to coordinate policy and collaboration in emerging technologies.
- They agreed to convene a Joint Working Group on Critical Minerals in early 2026 to advance cooperation on rare earths and other strategic inputs.
- Under the Economic Security Initiative, a private‑sector dialogue will be held, followed by a second official Economic Security Dialogue led by India’s foreign secretary and a Japanese vice minister in the first half of 2026.
- Japan outlined plans to export the UNICORN integrated stealth antenna system for Indian naval vessels, and the two sides moved to accelerate the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high‑speed rail project with Japan reiterating supply of next‑generation E10 Shinkansen trains.