Nutan Kapoor Mahawar is Joint Secretary in the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi, India. She joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1996. During her over 26 years of service, she has worked on various assignments both in New Delhi and abroad. At Headquarters, she has served in the Disarmament & International Security Affairs, Europe West and Parliament & Coordination Divisions.Jojin V. John is Assistant Professor at the School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. His research interest includes International Relations in East Asia, India’s East Asian engagement and geopolitical developments in the Indo-Pacific. Previously Dr. Jojin worked with the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) as a Research Fellow for East Asia.

• ForewordTables and FiguresIntroductionExecutive SummaryIndia-Japan Relations: Inaugural SessionWelcome RemarksRemarksRemarksKeynote AddressIndia-Japan: Relations at 70 Reflections1. Mapping 70 years of India-Japan Ties: Exploring the Role of Japanese Prime Ministers2. India-Japan Relations at 70 from a Defence and Strategic Perspective3. Seventy Years (1952-2022) of Japanese Studies in India: An AppraisalIndia, Japan and the Indo-Pacific: Regional and Strategic DimensionRemarks4. Strategic Imperative of India-Japan Partnership in Indo-Pacific5. India, Japan and the Indo-Pacific: Exploring Third Country Partnership6. India-Japan Emerging Cooperation in CybersecurityIndia-Japan Economic and Development Cooperation: Emerging Dynamics7. Issues and Prospects for Deepening Japan-India Economic Relations8. India-Japan Trade and Investment Relations: Emerging TrendsCivilisational and People to People RelationsRemarks9. From Pilgrimage to Diplomacy: Buddhism in India-Japan Relations10. India-Japan Cultural Relations: History, Continuity, and the Way ForwardThe Way ForwardRemarksRemarksAbout the ContributorsConference ProgrammeIndex

Nutan Kapoor Mahawar is Joint Secretary in the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi, India. She joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1996. During her over 26 years of service, she has worked on various assignments both in New Delhi and abroad. At Headquarters, she has served in the Disarmament & International Security Affairs, Europe West and Parliament & Coordination Divisions.Jojin V. John is Assistant Professor at the School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. His research interest includes International Relations in East Asia, India’s East Asian engagement and geopolitical developments in the Indo-Pacific. Previously Dr. Jojin worked with the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) as a Research Fellow for East Asia.

• ForewordTables and FiguresIntroductionExecutive SummaryIndia-Japan Relations: Inaugural SessionWelcome RemarksRemarksRemarksKeynote AddressIndia-Japan: Relations at 70 Reflections1. Mapping 70 years of India-Japan Ties: Exploring the Role of Japanese Prime Ministers2. India-Japan Relations at 70 from a Defence and Strategic Perspective3. Seventy Years (1952-2022) of Japanese Studies in India: An AppraisalIndia, Japan and the Indo-Pacific: Regional and Strategic DimensionRemarks4. Strategic Imperative of India-Japan Partnership in Indo-Pacific5. India, Japan and the Indo-Pacific: Exploring Third Country Partnership6. India-Japan Emerging Cooperation in CybersecurityIndia-Japan Economic and Development Cooperation: Emerging Dynamics7. Issues and Prospects for Deepening Japan-India Economic Relations8. India-Japan Trade and Investment Relations: Emerging TrendsCivilisational and People to People RelationsRemarks9. From Pilgrimage to Diplomacy: Buddhism in India-Japan Relations10. India-Japan Cultural Relations: History, Continuity, and the Way ForwardThe Way ForwardRemarksRemarksAbout the ContributorsConference ProgrammeIndex

Nutan Kapoor Mahawar is Joint Secretary in the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi, India. She joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1996. During her over 26 years of service, she has worked on various assignments both in New Delhi and abroad. At Headquarters, she has served in the Disarmament & International Security Affairs, Europe West and Parliament & Coordination Divisions.Jojin V. John is Assistant Professor at the School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. His research interest includes International Relations in East Asia, India’s East Asian engagement and geopolitical developments in the Indo-Pacific. Previously Dr. Jojin worked with the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) as a Research Fellow for East Asia.

• ForewordTables and FiguresIntroductionExecutive SummaryIndia-Japan Relations: Inaugural SessionWelcome RemarksRemarksRemarksKeynote AddressIndia-Japan: Relations at 70 Reflections1. Mapping 70 years of India-Japan Ties: Exploring the Role of Japanese Prime Ministers2. India-Japan Relations at 70 from a Defence and Strategic Perspective3. Seventy Years (1952-2022) of Japanese Studies in India: An AppraisalIndia, Japan and the Indo-Pacific: Regional and Strategic DimensionRemarks4. Strategic Imperative of India-Japan Partnership in Indo-Pacific5. India, Japan and the Indo-Pacific: Exploring Third Country Partnership6. India-Japan Emerging Cooperation in CybersecurityIndia-Japan Economic and Development Cooperation: Emerging Dynamics7. Issues and Prospects for Deepening Japan-India Economic Relations8. India-Japan Trade and Investment Relations: Emerging TrendsCivilisational and People to People RelationsRemarks9. From Pilgrimage to Diplomacy: Buddhism in India-Japan Relations10. India-Japan Cultural Relations: History, Continuity, and the Way ForwardThe Way ForwardRemarksRemarksAbout the ContributorsConference ProgrammeIndex