Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning a visit to India to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The talks will focus on strengthening supply chains for critical goods and deepening bilateral cooperation amidst concerns over China's economic influence.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering visiting India early next month to meet with her counterpart Narendra Modi to discuss cooperation on strengthening supply chains of critical goods given concerns about China’s economic coercion, government sources said on Thursday. Takaichi aims to deepen bilateral collaboration in a wide range of fields covering defence, economic issues and cutting-edge technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence, according to the...