Japanese PM Fumio Kishida

NEW DELHI: India, which scaled back from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) at the final stage of negotiation, has become a strong stakeholder of the USA-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). US President Joe Biden kicked off the IPEF along with the representatives of the twelve other nations of the Indo-Pacific region, […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan to further ease travel restrictions on travellers from India. During bilateral talks in Tokyo on the sidelines of the Quad Leaders’ Summit, PM Modi also appealed to his Japanese counterpart to facilitate quarantine free entry into Japan for the travellers from India, […]

NEW DELHI: With China flexing its muscles in the region, Quad leaders on Tuesday welcomed a new Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative that will help countries to respond to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief incidents along with combating illegal fishing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan, President Joseph Biden […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that Quad is pursuing a “constructive agenda for the Indo-Pacific region. With this, the image of Quad as a ‘Force for Good’ will be strengthened even more”. PM Modi’s comments came during his opening remarks at the second in-person Quad Leaders’ Summit in Tokyo which was […]

  NEW DELHI: Calling the region the engine of global economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed India’s commitment to a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific region as it joined the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). The trade initiative was launched on Monday by US President Joseph Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida […]

NEW DELHI: A workaholic he is, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tokyo itinerary will be a choc-a-bloc with him seizing every opportunity that the Quad Leaders’ Summit provides. Apart from meeting the three world leaders – US President Joseph Biden, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida and newly-elected Australian PM Anthony Albanese – PM Modi will also meet […]