Japan’s Takaichi to visit India for annual summit in July

India’s Ministry of External Affairs announced Friday that Sanae Takaichi will visit India from July 1 to July 3 for the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation.

It will be Takaichi’s first official visit to India. New Delhi and Tokyo have held regular annual summits since 2006, and the two sides elevated ties from Global Partnership in 2000 to Strategic and Global Partnership in 2006 and Special Strategic and Global Partnership in 2014. More than 70 dialogue mechanisms and working groups operate across sectors.

The summit will review and strengthen the full spectrum of bilateral cooperation and exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual interest. Supply-chain resilience, critical and emerging technologies, semiconductors, clean energy, telecom, pharmaceuticals and critical minerals are all identified under the India-Japan Economic Security Initiative.

Japan has sought deeper ties with major regional partners while managing a difficult balance with China and the United States. India has been broadening industrial investment, diversifying manufacturing links and tightening security relationships across the region, including in the Indo-Pacific where trade routes and technology supply chains have become more vulnerable.

The last annual summit was held in Tokyo on August 29 and 30, 2025, when Modi and then-prime minister Shigeru Ishiba issued a joint statement titled Partnership for Security and Prosperity of our Next Generation and adopted the Japan-India Joint Vision for the Next Decade. That summit also covered defense and security, economic security, critical minerals, clean energy, digital partnership, space, science and technology, cultural exchanges and diplomatic training.