PM Modi welcomes Japan PM Sanae Takaichi on three-day India visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday welcomed his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi, who arrived in New Delhi for a three-day visit aimed at further strengthening bilateral ties.

Welcoming Takaichi on her first visit to India as Japan's Prime Minister, Modi said he looked forward to holding wide-ranging discussions that would further deepen the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.

"A very warm welcome to India, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi... Through our joint efforts, we will continue to advance peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and beyond," Modi posted on



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Upon reaching India, Takaichi said that her talks with Modi would focus on pressing issues such as economic security and energy security while exploring ways to deepen strategic cooperation in the backdrop of the evolving global situation.

"I have arrived in Delhi, the capital of India. As Prime Minister of Japan, this will be my first visit to India in about three years, and personally, my very first time visiting the country," she said in a post.

Takaichi's visit, her first official trip to India since taking office, comes less than a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Tokyo for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit.