- Prologue
- Mindmap: Gist of Modi’s Japan visit
- Strategic: India-Japan
- Economy: India-Japan
- Energy-Environment: India-Japan
- Science-Space-Healthcare
- People 2 People: India-Japan
- Side topics
- Mock questions
Prologue
Total four part article-series
- Modi Japan visit
- Xi’s India Visit
- Modi US visit
- Comparative table of above three, with Overall analysis/ success / failure.
As such all these summits had lot of photo-ops, symbolic gestures like Modi feeding fishes, visiting temple, drinking tea in Japan, Modi says India not land of snake charmers but Mouse players, Modi asks Indians living in Japan to bring their friends on India tour….. But I’m focusing only on six key areas:
- Strategic (Defense Related)
- Trade, Investment, Economy
- Energy And Environment
- Science, Research, Space, Healthcare
- People 2 People and Misc.
- Side Topics, If Any
Let’s begin.
Mindmap: Gist of Modi’s Japan visit

Tokyo Declaration 2014: India Japan
Strategic: India-Japan
Meetings with item songs
- Japan is now India’s strategic partner (= civil + defense ties)
- Japan will intensify 2+2 strategic dialogue with India, involving foreign and defense Secretaries. Japan also has similar with US, Australia, Russia and France.
- Regular meetings between their National Security Advisors.
- Trilateral Defense meeting between India-Japan-USA.
Defense and desi liquor- Trade
- 1998: Japan had banned sale of HAL and other Indian defense companies (due to Pokhran test). After Modi visit, they lifted ban from HAL and 5 other cos.
- Japan will sale US-2 amphibian aircrafts and its secret technology to India.
- This will be Japan’s first overseas military sale in 50 years.
Exercises to get 8 pack abs
- Japan will hold regular exercise with Indian navy and coast guards
- Japan will participate in India-US Malabar naval exercise.
International bodies
- Both want urgent reforms in UNSC- for increasing no. of permanent and non-permanent members.
- Japan will help India get FULL membership in four international export control regimes
- Nuclear Suppliers Group
- Missile Technology Control Regime
- Wassenaar Arrangement
- Australia Group
Misc.filler
- Denounced terrorism in all forms.
- Asked N.Korea to stop nuke proliferation.
- Welcomed UN negotiations for Iran nuke issue,
- Pledged support for Afghanistan rebuilding. (Just like “3 times-camera zooming” is pre-requisite in every saas-bahu serial, “Afghanistan-rebuilding” is pre-requisite in all bilateral meetings involving India.)
Economy: India-Japan
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Transport
- Joint Feasibility Study for bullet train between Ahmedabad – Mumbai.
- Mass rapid transit system between Gurgaon and Bawal (HN)
- Japan will help upgrading the existing semi-high speed railways in India.
- @Gujarat: New Dholera International airport + Alang ship-breaking yard upgrade.
Industrial corridors:
- Will help finishing the ongoing industrial corridor projects. Click me to see economic survey summary on this:
- Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)
- Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)
- Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC)
- Will setup Industrial cities / townships in Gujarat, Maharashtra, UP and Madhya Pradesh
- Japanese industrial townships will give benefits similar or higher than SEZ and NIMZs in India.
Agro / village related:
- Japan will setup food value chains via PPP
- Japan will give advanced irrigation system and farming machines.
- Japanese “Champions of Societal Manufacturing (CSM) Project”- for mfg sector in India. Within this, Japan will also run “Village Buddha” project to help SHG groups in villages.
Misc.
- Smart Community projects, the Logistics Data Bank project
- @North East: Road connectivity, Forest resource Management, water supply improvement.
Energy-Environment: India-Japan
Energy to light bidi
- Speed up nuclear deal negotiations
- Jointly procure LNG
- Tie up in oil-gas exploration.
- Collaboration for environment friendly coal tech such as
- Coal-fired power generation technology
- Clean Coal Technology (CCT).
- Super-critical coal-fired power project in Meja, UP.
- Super critical thermal power plant in Barauni, Bihar.
- @Gujarat: Canal top solar power plants
- @Rajasthan: Mega Solar Power project at Neemrana
Misc.
- will assist in cleaning Ganga
- @Gujarat: Seawater Desalination project at Dahej.
- Japan will host 3rd UN Disaster Management conference @Sendai (March 2015) to adopt new framework after Hyogo.
Science-Space-Healthcare
- Outer space exploration via Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF)
- ICT initiatives, internet security.
- Joint ocean studies.
- Science Fellowship programs for youth.
- +lot other fancy research things that I don’t bother copying from original Tokyo Declaration statement.
People 2 People: India-Japan
- Kyoto-Varanasi partnership agreement: to develop Varanasi just like Japan’s historical city Kyoto.
- JENESYS 2.0 program: Exchanging ~1300 youth
- Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV): will send nurses to Mizoram.
- Will promote Tourism, youth exchange, skill Development and other fancy things.
And finally, Abe agreed to visit India in 2015 to return the favour of harassing UPSC aspirants.
Side topics
So far, we checked the points related to the so called “Tokyo declaration” between India and Japan during Modi visit. Now some related sidetopics:
#1: Indo-Jap Nuclear deal
Why does India want nuke deal with Japan?
- We’ve put 10 out of 21 nuke reactors under IAEA supervision. They can be run on imported Uranium.
- Ailing Jap. Nuke industry after Fukushima disaster. Will get boost by signing agreements with India.
- Japanese companies supply critical components to nuclear powerplants of GE and Areva etc.
- If we can get Japanese components and technology, it’ll greatly increase our nuclear-electricity generation.
- Japan has huge stockpile of reprocessed plutonium.
Japan | India |
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No we won’t sign such stupid agreements. We want to have freedom of doing nuclear tests. |
No, we cannot allow that. | We want to reprocess the spent fuel (for testing nuke weapons.) |
India should accept inspection beyond the current IAEA safeguards. i.e. if we sell you fissile material or James Bond secret technology then allow us to inspect both your defense and civilian nuke programs. | Not acceptable. We can’t allow you / anyone else to inspect our defense nuclear programs. |
In short, India not willing to accept more obligations than what we’ve agreed under 2008’s Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) waiver agreement.
Q.Then How to convenience Japan to sell nuke material and Technology to India?
- India should gain membership into export control regimes — NSG, Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), Australia Group, and the Wassenaar Arrangement.
- 2015 will be the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
- At that time, Modi should launch a new “nuclear disarmament” initiative with Japan.
- Above steps, will create good faith & then nuclear deal can be made.
#2: Japan doesn’t like MAT. NOT ONE BIT
Indian companies | Japanese and other foreign cos. |
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19.06% | 19.06% |
20.01 (with edu. cess+surcharge) | 19.44% |
- Japan wants India to exempt Japanese mfg. companies from MAT.
- This will facilitate more investment in India- worth Rs.2-lakh crore in India over the next five years
- In recent years, Japanese private investment is declining due to high labour costs in India and industrial unrest e.g. at Manesar’s Maruti plant.
#3: US-2 Amphibian aircraft
- Japan Maritime “self-defense” force uses this plane. (They don’t have a full-fledged army or navy.)
- Amphibian aircraft meaning it can land both on land as well as water.
- Can help rescuing victims from martime accidents.
- Can transport Indian troops to places with no landing strip or shore- especially in far-flung islands in Andaman, Nicobar, and Lakshadweep.
- STOL: short takeoff and landing space required.
- Can cover distance of 4500 kms, at speed >450 kmph without needing refueling.
- This will be the first time since WW2, that Japan will make an overseas military sale.
Mock questions
Q1. Write a note on the salient features of Tokyo declaration 2014. (200 words)
Ans.
- Signed on 1st September 2014
- By Indian PM Modi and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.
- for India – Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership
- Remaining points- well pick a few from defense, economy, environment, people-2-people given above, and you’ll reach 200 words easily.
Q2. Discuss the opportunities and challenges before India-Japan nuclear deal. 200 words
Q3. Discuss the significance of the agreements signed between India and Japan during the first official visit of PM Narendra Modi recently. 200 words
Q4. Write a note on the objective, structure and functions of following in 100 words each:
- Nuclear Suppliers Group
- Missile Technology Control Regime
- Wassenaar Arrangement
- Australia Group
Q5. Answer following in 100 words each
- Kyoto Varanasi agreement
- JENESYS 2.0 program
- Significance of US-2 Amphibian aircraft for Indian Navy.
Sir , write a side note on mtcr ,wassenaar group, nsg ,australia grp. If possible, note on NPT CTBT . plz …………
i love u mrunal Sir !
Thank you sir …
any change in civils main schedule
My que is …how to begin answer in IR que .?
kindly suggest some “good beginning” to fetch good marks….
e.g. questions asked in 2013 below..
1)The protests in Shahbag Square in
Dhaka in Bangladesh reveal a
fundamental split in society between
the nationalists and Islamic forces.
What is its significance for India?
2)Afghanistan ISAF
3)Maldive POL DEVELOPMENT
4)srilanka REL
5)string of pearls..
thank you .!
sir please write some articles on ethics..
Dear Friends,
SSC 2014 admit card…..i cannot find link for MP Region….if someone else faces the problem and has a solution, kindly share.
http://www.sscmpr.org
thanks ritu
hii any one get ssc cgl-2014 admit card. i dont find any link for delhi region.if any one has any information plz share
I TOO AM FINDING NO LINK!! :(
Sir, am from a town of andhra .everyone suggesting delhi for preparation, we can’t afford that much sir, is it necessary to go there.cant we study with those books you prefered and appearing online test series.
Dont listen to people.you can prepare on your own in your hometown itself.but make sure you find a group to study and have discussions with.Otherwise you will surely succumb to all the ideas of going to Delhi that people around you feed you with.Look for like minded candidates.all the best!
Thank you so much.
Dear Friends,
SSC 2014 admit card…..i cannot find link for MH(WR) Region….if someone else faces the problem and has a solution, kindly share.
hi friends,
SSC 2014 admit card…..i cannot find link for MH(WR) Region….if someone else faces the problem and has a solution, kindly share.
Desh ki seva karne wale Defence join karte hai or Desh-seva ke naam pe malai khane wale civil service…coaching center student says- “ek baar IAS ban jau uske baad apne paas bhi paiso ka ped hoga” how????????
Dear Mrunal sir,
You are really serving the student community in very friendly manner….
The so called coaching institutes should learn something from you…
God bless you and may you keep going ahead..
Kush rho sir.. :)
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/events/all/jenesys-2.0-youth-exchange-programme
Traditional, Pop, Youth…then share with peer. P2P
It is so good and very interesting.
what is MAT. Is it same as corporate tax or income tax or different from them and how?
Thank you sir…give something about English compulsory… Shocks after viewing ifos English..too devastating