India and Japan Officials Discuss PM’s Visit, Bullet Train Project

Swift summary

• Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Japanese Vice-Minister Funakoshi Takehiro in Delhi ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Japan in August 2025.
• Discussions focused on strengthening India-Japan ties, supply chain issues, and ongoing projects, including the Shinkansen Bullet Train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
• Japan will gift India two latest E-10 Shinkansen trains. Completion deadlines for the railway project are revised: Gujarat segment by December 2027 and nationwide by december 2029.
• Talks addressed critical mineral shortages affecting battery production for Electric Vehicles due to China’s export restrictions. Collaborative efforts were discussed for rare earth material development within India or other countries like Vietnam.
• The Ministry of External Affairs emphasized collaboration across political, defense, security, economic sectors, trade/investment infrastructure technology exchange programs between nations during Hyderabad House discussions.

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