Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a two-day visit for the 15th India–Japan Annual Summit with Shigeru Ishiba, marking his first standalone trip to Japan in nearly seven years.
• The agenda prioritizes economic security, supply‑chain resilience, and cooperation in emerging technologies, with planned engagements with political leaders and business executives.
• Media reports, including Bloomberg, say Japan may announce sizable investment pledges and an economic‑security initiative covering semiconductors, critical minerals and AI, though no figures are officially confirmed.
• The program includes a technology site visit in Japan—reports cite Sendai and a Tokyo Electron facility—and discussions on potential industrial projects such as E10 Shinkansen manufacturing in India, which remains unconfirmed.
• Following the Japan leg, Modi travels to Tianjin on August 31–September 1 for the SCO summit, where he expects sideline meetings with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.