Friday, September 15, 2017

Strengthening relation between India and Japan

The warmth, affection, and affinity shown towards Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Ahmedabad by Prime Minister Narendra Modi amply reflect how close these two countries are with each other. It is PM Modi's personal touch that he makes the world leaders visiting India his friends. He develops a personal rapport with Japanese PM Shinzo, who had also visited Kashi in 2015 along with PM Modi. India being the largest democracy of the world, the leaders of all developed countries keep PM Modi in the highest esteem. Both PM Modi and visiting Japanese PM Shinzo signed a number of agreements between the two countries. In the joint declaration issued by both the leaders, there has been specific mention of terror organizations like LeT, Jaish, and others based in Pakistan. They favour immediate action against the terror outfits. Pakistan has provided them safe havens. Prime Minister Shinzo supported India's demand of bringing perpetrators of 26/11 and Pathankot terror attack to justice. It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's effort that the name of Pak-based terror organizations like Let and Jaish got mentioned in Brics Declarations at Xiamen of China, despite the displeasure of the host. It is the personality of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that dominates every international meeting and platform. All the world leaders are found of PM Modi's charismatic personality. As PM Modi had promised to introduce Bullet train in India during the Lok Sabha elections if elected to power, he delivered on that by taking a loan of 1.1 lakh crore rupees on a nominal interest from Japan. Bullet train is the sign of development. Japan has shown readiness in providing all assistances to complete the track laying work speedily. The inauguration of the Bullet train foundation, which is to run between Ahmadabad and Mumbai, has already been done. Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abe laid the foundation stone for the proposed Ahmadabad-Mumbai High-Speed Rail Network, known as the bullet train, at Ahmadabad. Prime Minister Modi has rightly said that 'friend' Japan gave India a loan worth Rs. 88,000 crore at 0.1 per cent interest and further praised Prime Minister Abe for taking a personal interest in the bullet train project and ensuring that it fructifies into something huge for India. As per the railway ministry officials, the operating speed of the bullet train will be 320 kilometers per hour and the maximum speed will be 350 kilometers per hour. With this, India has become the first to import the iconic 'Shinkansen' bullet-train technology after Taiwan. The Japanese Govt. has also agreed to fund the project at minimum interest rates. Undoubtedly, PM Modi is a development-oriented politician. He has left his imprint on all world leaders, and all respect him very much. Japan has been a good old friend of India. It has rightly condemned the nuclear tests undertaken by North Korea time and again. Japan has been the worst affected country by a nuclear explosion. PM's pet projects of Skill India, Digital, India, Make in India and Stand UP India were appreciated by the visiting Japanese PM Shinzo. Japan invested USD 4.7 billion in India during 2016-2017, which is 80 per cent higher than the last year. The initiatives like the Ease of Doing Business, Skill India or Make in India show that India is transforming. PM Modi has rightly urged the Japanese business community to open the maximum number of Japanese restaurant chains in India. This visit of PM Shinzo is very successful from India’s point of view as it has not only got heavy investment from Japan but also full-throated support to fight against Pak-sponsored terrorism. A new hope pouring in investment from outside has dawned on India with the visit of Japanese PM Shinzo.

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