Overview

• Modi travels Aug. 29–30 to Tokyo for his first standalone Japan visit in nearly seven years, his eighth since 2014.
• The 15th Annual Summit with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will review defence, trade, and science and technology ties, with Quad and Indo-Pacific security slated for discussion.
• The program includes a business leaders' forum and tours of Tokyo Electron in Akasaka and the Tohoku Shinkansen plant in Sendai.
• Both sides are expected to finalize an agreement to introduce Japanese E-10 coaches for India’s Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail, with transfer targeted for 2030.
• Following Japan, Modi will attend the SCO leaders’ summit in Tianjin on Aug. 31–Sept. 1 at Xi Jinping’s invitation, with additional bilateral meetings anticipated.