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Comment: Emerging areas of co-operation between India and Japan.

  • UPSC 2005
  • 20 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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When the question was set, India–Japan ties were being rebuilt after the 1998 sanctions. Yoshiro Mori's 2000 visit had created a Global Partnership, and Junichiro Koizumi's April 2005 visit gave it a strategic orientation, an Eight-fold Initiative and annual summits alternating between the capitals. The "emerging areas" of that time are now established pillars, and…

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  • Areas that emerged in the 2000s and matured
  • The newer areas, 2014–2026
  • Comment: why these areas, and how far they deliver
  • Conclusion
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