India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership
India and Japan elevated their relationship to a "Special Strategic and Global Partnership" in 2014 under PM Modi and PM Abe. The partnership has expanded across infrastructure (Japan's Official Development Assistance to India — the largest bilateral ODA programme), defence, digital technology, clean energy, and now critical minerals.
- Bilateral trade: ~$20 billion (FY24-25); Japan is one of India's top ODA partners
- Japan-India CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) in force since 2011
- Japan's ODA to India: Largest in the world by volume — funding metro rail projects (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai), Dedicated Freight Corridors, high-speed rail (Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shinkansen), and the North-East connectivity projects
- Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP): Both India and Japan are key architects of this geopolitical vision emphasising rules-based maritime order — rare earth cooperation is part of this geoeconomic dimension
- 2023: Inaugural India-Japan Economic Security Dialogue — emphasised critical minerals, semiconductors, and supply chain resilience
- Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue): India, US, Japan, Australia — critical mineral supply chain cooperation is a key Quad deliverable
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