Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan Nukaga Fukushiro and his delegation of Japanese Parliament and business leaders last evening. The Prime Minister highlighted the conducive business environment and reforms undertaken in India for more investment and technology from Japan. He assured the government’s full support to the visiting delegation for these endeavours.

The meeting underscored the robust India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, highlighting key areas of collaboration and mutual interest with focus on people to people cooperation. It also reiterated the importance of parliamentary exchanges between India and Japan.

Mr Nukaga proposed that India and Japan nurture and train the NextGen workforce in different trades, including by conducting training in Japanese language, culture and work practices. He stressed on the role of the private sector also in these endeavours.