{"id":104484,"date":"2021-05-03T10:08:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T04:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=104484"},"modified":"2021-05-03T17:13:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T11:43:26","slug":"prospects-of-india-japan-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/prospects-of-india-japan-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospects of India- Japan Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/prospects-of-india-japan-relations\/\">India- Japan relations <\/a>will mainly center around the goal of containing aggressive China. A glimpse of it can be seen in the recent Japan-U. S meeting<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Japanese Prime Minister <strong>Yoshihide Suga<\/strong> is set to visit India as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic normalizes.<\/li>\n<li>Outcomes of the recent <strong>Japan-US<\/strong> meeting gave a glimpse of what India can expect from Japan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>What were the outcomes from the recent Japan-US meeting?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Japan-US discussions mainly centered around China.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First<\/strong>, both the countries assured their commitments to the <strong>joint security partnership. <\/strong>The treaty is significant given China\u2019s recent aggressiveness in territorial disputes in the <strong>South and East China Seas<\/strong> as well as in the <strong>Taiwan Strait.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Second, Since the nature of conflict is changing, <\/strong>both sides acknowledged the importance of extended deterrence through cooperation on <strong>cybersecurity and space technology<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third, <\/strong>a<strong> Competitiveness and Resilience Partnership, or CoRe <\/strong>was announced to support funding of <strong>new-age technologies. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The funding will be used for the deployment of secure 5G networks to build digital infrastructure in developing countries.<\/li>\n<li>Given the Chinese ambitions to dominate the development of new-age technologies such as <strong>5G and quantum computing<\/strong> the announcement of <strong>CoRe is significant. For instance, <\/strong>China recently pledged to invest $1.4 trillion in emerging technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourth, <\/strong>both the countries expressed their willingness to continue pressure on China to reform China\u2019s offensive economic practices<strong>. <\/strong>Such as violations of intellectual property rights, forced technology transfer, excess capacity issues, and the use of trade-distorting industrial subsidies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fifth, <\/strong>both the countries emphasized their vision of a <strong>Free and Open Indo-Pacific <\/strong>based on the rule of law, freedom of navigation, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sixth<\/strong>, they also expressed their continued support for the <strong>QUAD.\u00a0<\/strong> Further, they criticized China\u2019s human rights violations in <strong>Xinjiang<\/strong>, suppression of protests in Hong Kong, and military aggression towards Taiwan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>What one can expect from the upcoming India-Japan meeting?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First, <\/strong>there will be a continuation of the balancing security policy against China as both have been the victims of China\u2019s aggressive posture.<\/li>\n<li>For instance, Japan is concerned over China\u2019s unilateral actions in the East and South China Seas, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong. Whereas, India is concerned over China\u2019s military conflict in <strong>Galwan valley<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second<\/strong>, both the countries will be reaffirming their support for a <strong>Free and Open Indo-Pacific<\/strong> and the <strong>Quad grouping<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third, <\/strong>given China\u2019s commitment towards massive funding for new-age technologies<strong>, <\/strong>India and Japan will be willing to expand their cooperation in sectors such as cybersecurity and emerging technologies. However, there are few irritants in cybersecurity cooperation.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>One,<\/strong> India\u2019s insistence on<strong> data localization.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Two,<\/strong> India\u2019s reluctance to accede to global cybersecurity agreements such as the <strong>Budapest Convention.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourth,<\/strong> given that Japan is only India\u2019s 12th largest trading partner and trade volumes between the two stand at just a <strong>fifth of the value of India-China bilateral trade.<\/strong> There will be commitments towards increasing Trade between the two countries.\n<ul>\n<li>Japan may reaffirm its support for key manufacturing initiatives, such as \u2018<strong>Make in India<\/strong>\u2019 and the <strong>Japan Industrial Townships<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Whereas, India will be willing to secure continued infrastructure investments in the strategically vital connectivity projects. For example, the Northeast and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands connectivity projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fifth, <\/strong>given the failure of<strong> joint<\/strong> infrastructure projects in Africa and Iran, both countries will be interested to evolve a joint strategy towards key third countries.\n<ul>\n<li>Further, Japan will be willing to push India to join the <strong>Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=GPU8HP7ND.1&amp;imageview=0\">The Hindu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: India- Japan relations will mainly center around the goal of containing aggressive China. A glimpse of it can be seen in the recent Japan-U. S meeting. Background Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is set to visit India as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic normalizes. 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