Overview
- In a 25‑minute call on October 29, the leaders agreed to advance the Special Strategic and Global Partnership with emphasis on economic security, defence cooperation and talent mobility.
- Japan’s readout highlighted shared fundamental values, cooperation toward a Free and Open Indo‑Pacific through the Quad, and an intent to open a “new golden chapter” in ties.
- Takaichi is in Gyeongju for APEC with a summit set with South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung and reported planning for a first meeting with China’s Xi Jinping on Friday.
- Sources indicated the two sides are exploring a potential Modi–Takaichi meeting on the sidelines of the G20 leaders’ summit in South Africa next month.
- Context for the reset includes Takaichi’s October 21 election as Japan’s first woman prime minister and her pledge to lift defence spending to 2% of GDP by March.