Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to Tokyo on Aug. 29–30 for the 15th India–Japan Annual Summit with Shigeru Ishiba, his first standalone Japan visit in nearly seven years.
• Officials say multiple MoUs and outcome documents are expected across defence, trade and technology, with site visits to Tokyo Electron and the Tohoku Shinkansen plant in Sendai.
• Both sides are expected to formalize an agreement to transfer Japanese E-10 coaches for India’s Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail by 2030, according to Japanese media.
• Japan ties feature expanding investment, with 170+ MoUs worth over $13 billion in two years and Suzuki pledging about $8 billion; NHK reports Japanese firms plan up to 10 trillion yen in India over the next decade.
• After Japan, Modi attends the SCO summit in Tianjin on Aug. 31–Sept. 1, where a bilateral with China’s Xi Jinping is likely during his first China trip in seven years.