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<\/div>\nThe Japanese prime minister’s visit is expected to last around 27 hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in New Delhi Monday morning to explore ways to boost bilateral ties in a range of areas, including defence and security, trade and investment, and high technologies.<\/p>\n
In their talks later in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and PM Kishida are also set to discuss priorities for India’s presidency of G20 and Japan’s presidency of the G7.<\/p>\n
The Japanese prime minister is expected to unveil his plan for a “free and open Indo-Pacific” with a focus on India’s increasingly significant role for the region during the visit. The evolving situation in the Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of China’s rising military assertiveness is also likely to figure in the wide-ranging talks between PM Modi and PM Kishida.<\/p>\n
The Japanese prime minister’s visit is expected to last around 27 hours.<\/p>\n
He is expected to unveil his ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific Plan for Peace’ during a lecture at a leading think-tank in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
The plan is expected to highlight India’s significance for the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n
Delivering the prestigious Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in June last year, PM Kishida said he would lay out the plan for Indo-Pacific next spring.<\/p>\n
“I will lay out a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific Plan for Peace’ by next spring which will strengthen Japan’s efforts to further promote the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific, with an emphasis on providing patrol vessels and enhancing maritime law enforcement capabilities, as well as cyber security, digital and green initiatives, and economic security,” he had said.<\/p>\n
The plan is expected to provide details of Japan’s policy and approach towards the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n
In the last few years, almost all leading powers have come out with their strategies for the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n
Japan has been pushing for a free and open Indo-Pacific with a view to maintaining and strengthening the rules-based international order in the region.<\/p>\n
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