Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Arrives In India On 3-Day Visit Friday Dec 11,2015

 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Arrives in New Delhi today and was received by Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha.

 

 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will 

hold the annual summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday 

will call on President Pranab Mukherjee

address the Japan-India Innovation Seminar and meet business leaders

India and Japan are set to sign a $15 billion agreement for a high-speed train linking the Indian financial hub of Mumbai with Ahmadabad, the commercial capital of Modi's home state, Gujarat. The train would cut travel time on the 505 kilometer (315 mile) route from eight hours to two.

The two countries are also likely to sign an agreement allowing the transfer of defense technology and co-production of arms and military equipment.
Abe and Modi are expected to explore ways to boost their surprisingly low trade. Analysts say despite a 15 % annual rate of increase in two-way trade, India accounts for only 1.2% of Japan's total trade, and Japan for 2 % of India's