Japan is investing heavily in India’s future, not only through infrastructure and finance, but also through technology partnerships, industrial cooperation, and human-resource exchanges. At a time of growing uncertainty in the international system, the two countries are seeking to combine their strengths to achieve new levels of innovation and development. Can Japan’s support help India truly go global?

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi finds supply chain integration with India highly important. At her first summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Johannesburg in November 2025, she affirmed her commitment to building on the Japan–India Joint Vision for the Next Decade, which her predecessor launched with Modi in August the same year. She emphasised leveraging each country’s strengths for innovation and growth, especially in the areas of critical and emerging technologies.

Then, on May 2 in Hanoi, she revealed her plan to update the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy with economic security at its core, a theme that had only been nuanced in earlier versions. Reflecting on the acute necessities of the current international system, the new FOIP of Takaichi, who once served as the Minister of State on Economic Security, underscores building economic foundations for the age of AI and data, with a focus on supply chain resilience in energy and critical materials.