'Special, strategic, global': PM Modi pens Op-Ed on India-Japan's 70-year-old friendship

Highlights PM Modi underlined the fact that India-Japan cultural ties go back several centuries These deep links laid a strong foundation for a modern India-Japan partnership, PM Modi said It continues to blossom even as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of our diplomatic ties, PM said Deep links helped lay a strong foundation for a modern partnership between India and Japan at a time when New Delhi and Tokyo celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties, PM Narendra Modi said on Monday, as he underlined the fact that India-Japan cultural ties go back several centuries. "These deep links laid a strong foundation for a modern India-Japan partnership that continues to blossom even as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of formal diplomatic ties," PM Modi wrote. Today, as both India and Japan look to re-invigorate and refashion our economies in a post-Covid era, there is immense scope to deepen our engagement across the entire spectrum from trade and investment to defence and security," In the last few years, PM Modi said India has embarked on a journey to build a strong foundation for the manufacturing sector, services, agriculture and digital technology infrastructure. Appreciating the people-to-people links between India-Japan, PM Modi said many Indians are now working in Japan and contributing to the Japanese economy and society, just as Japanese executives are contributing to economic development in India.