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| Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe are holding formal talks in Tokyo to cement a blossoming relationship between India and Japan cemented with a shared conservative agenda. | Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe are holding formal talks in Tokyo to cement a blossoming relationship between India and Japan cemented with a shared conservative agenda. |
| Modi, who hopes his market-focused policies will boost India's floundering economy, could walk away with almost half a billion dollars' worth of loans for much-needed infrastructure projects, reports said. | Modi, who hopes his market-focused policies will boost India's floundering economy, could walk away with almost half a billion dollars' worth of loans for much-needed infrastructure projects, reports said. |
| The five-day visit – that began with a bear hug and a tour of Kyoto – is Modi's first trip outside the subcontinent and is intended to showcase the warming ties between Asia's second- and third-largest economies. | The five-day visit – that began with a bear hug and a tour of Kyoto – is Modi's first trip outside the subcontinent and is intended to showcase the warming ties between Asia's second- and third-largest economies. |
| As well as a gamut of business deals that could lead to a doubling of Japanese direct investment, and the ¥50bn (£280m) in low-interest loans for new railways, highways and industrial parks, the summit will also strengthen diplomatic and defence ties. | As well as a gamut of business deals that could lead to a doubling of Japanese direct investment, and the ¥50bn (£280m) in low-interest loans for new railways, highways and industrial parks, the summit will also strengthen diplomatic and defence ties. |
| Japanese media reported that the premiers are likely to agree on launching a "two-plus-two" security consultative framework involving their foreign and defence ministers. Japan has such arrangements with the US, Australia, Russia and France. | Japanese media reported that the premiers are likely to agree on launching a "two-plus-two" security consultative framework involving their foreign and defence ministers. Japan has such arrangements with the US, Australia, Russia and France. |
| Both countries are wary of China's growing ambition to be seen as the regional keystone and are keen to curb its activity in the East and South China Seas and in the Indian Ocean. Tokyo and Delhi have long-running territorial disputes with Beijing, which is widely viewed as having more aggressively pushed its claims in recent years. | |
| Underlining the point, Chinese coastguard ships sailed into waters off the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands – China calls the islands the Diaoyus – on Monday, officials said. | Underlining the point, Chinese coastguard ships sailed into waters off the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands – China calls the islands the Diaoyus – on Monday, officials said. |
| Modi, in an address to Japanese business leaders, said Japan and India must choose a path of peaceful development, not "18th-century-style" expansionism. | Modi, in an address to Japanese business leaders, said Japan and India must choose a path of peaceful development, not "18th-century-style" expansionism. |
| "There are 18th-century-style ways and thinking that involve expanding (geographically) by taking away land of another nation and going into seas," he said through a translator, without making any specific reference to China. | "There are 18th-century-style ways and thinking that involve expanding (geographically) by taking away land of another nation and going into seas," he said through a translator, without making any specific reference to China. |
| "If Asia is to become the leader in the 21st century, Japan and India should lead" and promote a path of peaceful development, he said. | "If Asia is to become the leader in the 21st century, Japan and India should lead" and promote a path of peaceful development, he said. |
| In Delhi, the Indian premier told Japanese media last week that the two states could upgrade their defence and security relations. | |
| Abe and Modi are expected to agree to hold regular joint naval drills as well as exercises involving the US, the Nikkei said on Monday. | Abe and Modi are expected to agree to hold regular joint naval drills as well as exercises involving the US, the Nikkei said on Monday. |
| Washington is eager for the two countries, which geographically bookend rival China, to step up their cooperation, at a time its own military commitment around the world is being questioned. | Washington is eager for the two countries, which geographically bookend rival China, to step up their cooperation, at a time its own military commitment around the world is being questioned. |
| Under Abe, Japan has taken a more robust attitude to defence, massaging the self-imposed restrictions banning it from acting in defence of allies under attack and loosening restrictions on the export of military kit. | Under Abe, Japan has taken a more robust attitude to defence, massaging the self-imposed restrictions banning it from acting in defence of allies under attack and loosening restrictions on the export of military kit. |
| Despite huge trade volumes, Japan and China have an uneasy relationship, and Tokyo is keen to reduce its dependence on Beijing for imports such as rare earths, metals vital for hi-tech manufacture. That effort is expected to receive a boost on Monday with an agreement for the joint production of rare earths that could be exported to Japan. | Despite huge trade volumes, Japan and China have an uneasy relationship, and Tokyo is keen to reduce its dependence on Beijing for imports such as rare earths, metals vital for hi-tech manufacture. That effort is expected to receive a boost on Monday with an agreement for the joint production of rare earths that could be exported to Japan. |
| India and Japan will also try to conclude talks on a civilian nuclear agreement that would allow Tokyo to export nuclear-related technology to Delhi, reports have said. | India and Japan will also try to conclude talks on a civilian nuclear agreement that would allow Tokyo to export nuclear-related technology to Delhi, reports have said. |
| Modi arrived on Saturday at Kansai international airport near the western city of Osaka then headed to nearby Kyoto. He was greeted in Kyoto by Abe, with the men dispensing with the formal handshake that starts most head of governments' greetings in favour of a full body hug. | Modi arrived on Saturday at Kansai international airport near the western city of Osaka then headed to nearby Kyoto. He was greeted in Kyoto by Abe, with the men dispensing with the formal handshake that starts most head of governments' greetings in favour of a full body hug. |
| The pair have met on several occasions, and are thought to enjoy a chemistry that is notably absent in Abe's dealings with the US president, Barack Obama. | The pair have met on several occasions, and are thought to enjoy a chemistry that is notably absent in Abe's dealings with the US president, Barack Obama. |
| On Sunday, Abe accompanied Modi on his tour of the ancient city of Kyoto where the two strolled through the grounds of a temple more than a thousand years old. | On Sunday, Abe accompanied Modi on his tour of the ancient city of Kyoto where the two strolled through the grounds of a temple more than a thousand years old. |