Overview

• Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shigeru Ishiba unveiled a State–Prefecture Partnership Initiative that targets annual exchanges by delegations from at least three Indian states and three Japanese prefectures.
• Modi met 16 Japanese governors in Tokyo and urged region‑to‑region cooperation to translate agreements “from paper to people to prosperity.”
• Both leaders rode the Shinkansen to Sendai and toured Tokyo Electron Miyagi’s facility, receiving briefings on the company’s role in the global semiconductor supply chain and its collaborations with India.
• The visit reaffirmed plans to deepen work under the Japan–India Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership alongside the Industrial Competitiveness Partnership and the Economic Security Dialogue.
• Reports citing officials said Japan signaled roughly JPY 10 trillion (about $68 billion) in private investment and a joint decade‑long vision, with early projects including a Sojitz–IOC $395 million plan for 30 biogas plants and Suzuki’s investment in NDDB’s dung‑based biogas venture.