In a special and "unprecedented" gesture, Japan's foreign minister Taro Kono attended Indian embassy's Republic Daycelebrations in Tokyo. Japanis, for India, the most important country in facilitating its Act East Policy. In fact, Japan was the only country invited last month for the first ever India-Asean connectivity summit here in the run up to the just concluded Commemorative Summit. Japan and India also last month inaugurated an Act East Forum for cooperation in India's northeast where India's Act East converges with Japan's Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy.
Speaking on India's R-Day, Kono emphasised that Japan and India were strategic partners that shared values such as democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

In a special and "unprecedented" gesture, Japan's foreign minister Taro Kono attended Indian embassy's Republic Daycelebrations in Tokyo. Japanis, for India, the most important country in facilitating its Act East Policy. In fact, Japan was the only country invited last month for the first ever India-Asean connectivity summit here in the run up to the just concluded Commemorative Summit. Japan and India also last month inaugurated an Act East Forum for cooperation in India's northeast where India's Act East converges with Japan's Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy.
Speaking on India's R-Day, Kono emphasised that Japan and India were strategic partners that shared values such as democracy, human rights and the rule of law.