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Monday, September 1, 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visits Japan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, talk during their meeting at the Akasaka State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Monday Sep 01,2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, talk during their meeting at the Akasaka State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Monday.

Japan on Monday Sep 01,2014 pledged to invest Rs. 2.1 lakh crore ($35.5 billion) in a wide spectrum of projects in India over five years. These include infrastructure, clean energy and skill development. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to create a special track in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to clear projects quickly, a point he made during his address to business leaders on Monday

Five agreements, including one in defence, were signed during Mr. Modi’s visit, in which the two sides also decided to turn their “Strategic and Global Partnership to a Special Strategic and Global Partnership”.

Varanasi, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents in the Lok Sabha, will be developed into a ‘smart city’ by using the experience of Kyoto, the ’smart city’ of Japan, under a pact signed here on Saturday Aug 30,2014
A Partner City MoU was signed by Indian Ambassador Deepa Wadhwa and Kyoto Mayor Daisaka Kadokawa at a ceremony witnessed by Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
The MoU, which was signed soon after Modi’s arrival here on a five—day visit, provides for cooperation in heritage conservation, city modernisation and cooperation in the fields of art, culture and academics, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin told Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe look on during signing of an agreement on developing Varanasi as a Smart City, at the State Guest House in Kyoto on Saturday
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe look on during signing of an agreement on developing Varanasi as a Smart City, at the State Guest House in Kyoto on Saturday. PTI

Modi arrived on Saturday Aug 30 2014 at the Osaka International Airport to begin the first leg of his five-day visit to Japan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe during a dinner at the State Guest House in Kyoto on Saturday
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe during a dinner at the State Guest House in Kyoto on Saturday. PTI 

PM Modi playing the traditional Japanese drums (Taiko) was the last thing on the mind of the organisers of the launch of Tata Consultancy Service’s (TCS) new programme for Japanese students. 
Welcoming an honoured guest by playing the Taiko is a traditional Japanese form. 
PM Modi listened to the drummer couple in rapt attention before taking the drum sticks and playing the drums like an expert. 
The Japanese drummer initially watched and then suddenly joined Prime Minister Modi as the two belted out a fast rhythm for a minute or so before thunderous applause broke out.

PM Modi listened to the drummer couple with rapt attention before taking the drum sticks up himself.    

Modi met Saichiro Misumi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's oldest living associate in Japan.

Modi met Saichiro Misumi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's oldest living associate in Japan.   


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