India, Japan sign deals on defense technology transfer, data protection

“They pledged to work for peace, security and development of the Indo-Pacific region”, said the statement. “We believe that disputes must be resolved peacefully and that all countries must abide by global law and norms on maritime issues”.

At a joint media event with Modi, Abe said Japan’s cooperation with India in the nuclear field will be limited to peaceful objectives. “In a world of intense worldwide engagements, few visits are truly historic or change the course of a relationship”.

Also, Japan will import cars manufactured in India for the first time as part of the project.

Earlier this year, Japan agreed to grant India the right to reprocess spent nuclear fuel. “Prime Minister Modi’s economic policies are safe and reliable”.

Japan and India vowed to deepen their economic and security relations in an agreement that commits the countries to bilateral nuclear cooperation and the construction of a high-speed railway system during summit talks Saturday, according to a joint statement. CPI leader D Raja accused the government of not taking the opposition into the confidence before this crucial nuclear deal and he asked that how will it be beneficial for the people of India and moreover it is just going to serve the interest of Japanese companies.

On the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) issue, he said India had put it behind with Japan’s help in 2008 itself when the nuclear suppliers group decided to make an exception for India.

The two Prime Ministers reiterated their support for each other’s candidature, based on the firmly shared recognition that India and Japan are legitimate candidates for permanent membership in an expanded Security Council. It is well-known that nuclear power plants pose enormous dangers at every step – from Uranium extraction to radioactive waste -they are a tremendous risk to the environment and to all living creatures in their vicinity. New Delhi was reluctant and pointed out to Tokyo that it had declared a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests in 2008 and it still remained in force.

The agreements were signed after the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe who also focused on driving up economic ties besides deliberating on global issues including situation in South China Sea, challenges of terrorism and United Nations reforms. He said he expected India “to act responsibly in the use of nuclear energy”.

Announcing the landmark naval trilateral, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar said: “Japan used to be an irregular participant in the Malabar naval arrangement”.

For India and Japan, a psychological Rubicon has been crossed with the finalisation of the “substantive” portion of the civil nuclear deal, which will now allow third country firms with Japanese partnership to enter the Indian N-market.

The fundamental structure of the this agreement is solid, he asserted.

Speaking after the meeting, Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava said the company will export “Baleno” at the moment. Bilateral trade between the two countries stood at $15.51 billion in 2014-15 against $16.29 billion in 2013-14.

Kawamura asserted that the “in principle’ nuclear agreement could not have been achieved by any other leader from both countries”.