Prime Minister Modi is in Japan for a two day bilateral visit. On the morning of August 29, PM Modi addressed the India-Japan Economic Forum along with his Japanese counterpart Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. While speaking to the Japanese companies and business leaders’ in Tokyo PM Modi spoke about the Indo-Japan collaboration in various developmental sectors and hailed Tokyo as a key developmental partner. He gave a call to the Japanese businesses to invest in India and export products from India to the world.
“Japan has always been an important partner in India’s development journey. From metros to manufacturing, from semiconductors to start-ups. Japanese companies have invested more than 40 billion dollars in India. With Japan’s cooperation, work is underway on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project. But our journey doesn’t stop here; Japan’s excellence and India’s scale can create a perfect partnership” PM Modi asserted while speaking about the long-standing developmental partnership between New Delhi and Tokyo.
Addressing the India-Japan Economic Forum in Tokyo. Strong business ties between our nations are a vital element of our friendship. https://t.co/OUSvy98eJo
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 29, 2025
Further, Prime Minister Modi gave a call to the Japanese businesses to invest in India and exclaimed that capital invested in India ‘doesn’t just grow but multiply’ thus Indian market has a huge profit potential. He also reiterated that the political and economic stability prevailing in the country is a boon for the investors to accelerate business in India and gain huge prospects, as India is on the verge of emerging as the third largest economy. He also spoke about the initiatives undertaken by the government and the simplified tax regimes that ultimately facilitate ease-of-doing business, inclusivity and transparency for the investors.
“In the last decade, India has made unprecedented progress in next-gen mobility and logistics infrastructure. Our port capacities have doubled. A few weeks ago, our parliament also approved a new and simplified tax regime. Japanese companies invested more than $40 billion in India. India is the most promising destination. The world is not just watching India, it is counting on India”, said PM Modi on India’s infrastructural capabilities and economic reforms and in this background urged the Japanese companies to invest in India and assured that they will gain huge market returns.
PM Modi also voiced for the collaboration between India’s incredible skilled-talent pool and Japan’s cutting-edge technology. PM Modi said, “Japan’s technology and India’s talent can together lead the tech revolution of this century”. He also said that India can act as a springboard for Japanese business to Global South as New Delhi has taken bold and ambitious initiatives in AI, semiconductor, quantum computing, biotech, space and in other emerging sectors that define growth and development in the 21st century.
PM Modi in the Indo-Japan Economic Forum also spoke about the potential for collaboration between New Delhi and Tokyo in the domain of clean energy. He said that India is rapidly moving towards accomplishing the goal of clean energy by 2047 and has target to extract 100GW of nuclear power. In this direction, India and Japan have agreed on a joint credit mechanism to leverage a green future.
VIDEO | Tokyo: Addressing the India-Japan Joint Economic Forum, PM Modi says, "Japan's technology and India's talent can together lead the tech revolution of this century. India is rapidly moving towards clean energy, and by 2047, we have set a target of 100 GW of nuclear power.… pic.twitter.com/T1Wmlxeez7
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 29, 2025
With this message, Prime Minister Modi not just aimed to strengthen the developmental credentials with a long and credible partner Japan but also aimed at articulating a strategic path to realize the goal of Atmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit Bharat.
