Addressing the media forward of the PM's Japan journey, overseas secretary Vikram Misri mentioned “we're in contact with the US” on the penalty tariffs going into place on August 27 and identified that “25% secondary sanctions have been anticipated as they'd been introduced on July 6”. The US Division of Homeland Safety on Tuesday notified India concerning the plans to extend tariffs to 50% on Indian items.
Modi's two-day go to to Japan starting Friday (August 29, 2025) will reaffirm the 2 nations' dedication to peace, prosperity and stability within the Indo-Pacific and past, based on Misri. “We look ahead to working with all Quad companions to take our cooperation ahead. I am positive when the 2 prime ministers meet, the Quad will probably be a topic that will probably be mentioned.”
INDO-JAPAN DEFENCE CO-OP
He additionally referred to rising the India-Japan defence trade partnership. The 2 nations are already engaged on co-developing the Unified Complicated Radio Antenna, the UNICORN undertaking, which is a typical radar mast to be used by Indian Navy platforms. A memorandum of implementation for this explicit undertaking was signed in November 2024. The Indian Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Drive are additionally exploring potential cooperation within the space of ship upkeep in India. “And there are discussions happening … on a lot of different points between the designated companies of the 2 sides, DRDO in India and ATLA in Japan,” Misri mentioned.
VISIT OUTSIDE TOKYOOne of many options of the annual summit between India and Japan is an engagement between the 2 leaders outdoors the capital and on this event as effectively the programme features a go to outdoors Tokyo, based on Misri.The programme additionally consists of interactions of the PM with a number of different political leaders from Japan as additionally with buddies of India. In Japan, the PM will even take part in a enterprise leaders' discussion board with captains of Japanese and Indian trade.
