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developing country and we should appreciate our PM Mr. Narendra Modi on his visit to Japan to bring about technological changes in our country. This tour is really appreciated by Japanese PM as he was with our PM Narendra Modi whole the time on 5 day visit. This post is important because it covers all the historical facts as well as current tie-ups between India and Japan and India-Japan Relationship. If you are going for your SSB then read this post for your knowledge as it may be a Topic in Group Discussion, Lecturette and can be asked in P. INterview
Historical Perspective
Traditionally over the
century’s relationship between India and Japan has remained fairly cordial.
Buddhism spread from India to Japan via China and Korea.
During the 20th century
Japan embarked upon the process of modernisation and development and India
viewed Japan with admiration and as a symbol of Asian resurgence in a world
that was more western power centric.
During the Second World
War India was under the British and hence fought the war against the Japanese.
When Japan conquered Burma and reached the Indian border, 67,000 Indian
soldiers were taken as prisoners of war by Japan.
These prisoners of war
were indoctrinated against the British, and many of them joined the Indian
National Army (INA) to fight against the British rule in India.
In 1944-45 joint forces
of India and Britain defeated Japanese forces in Burma and INA disintegrated.
Japan supported the
Indian Independence Movement, and accepted many activists that escaped from
British rule and stayed in Japan. The prominent one’s being, Rash Behari Bose,
the leader of Indian Independence Movement and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose who
organised and led INA to fight alongside the Japanese Imperial Forces against
the British.
Most prominent offensive
was launched in the NE state of Manipur, the battles of Imphal and Kohima led
to a major defeat of Japanese forces and INA completely lost its cohesion.
India for the first time
after the second world war established diplomatic ties with Japan after
restoration of its sovereignty in April 1952 by signing a Peace Treaty.
Commerce resumed and
India supplied Japan with iron ore to reconstruct and rehabilitate Japan after
the devastation of the World War II. Japanese PM visited India in 1957 and
Japan started providing loans/aid to India.
During the cold war era,
the relationship between India and Japan were constrained due to Japan aligning
with the USA, which was assisting Japan in its World War II reconstruction and
India’s pursuing a non-aligned foreign policy.
Relations During Recent Times
During the Narasima Rao
Government, India initiated the Look East policy, which was carried forward by
subsequent PMs, like Atal Behari Vajpai and Manmohan Singh, posited Japan as a
key partner and since 1986 India is the largest recipient of Japan’s Official
Development Assistance.
Relationship between
these two countries suffered a setback after the Pokhran-II nuclear weapon test
by India, as Japan imposed economic sanctions on India. The sanctions were
lifted after three years.
Ever since then the
relationship has improved exponentially, and a number of manufacturing
companies, like Sony, Suzuki, Toyota and Honda established their facilities in
India.
Japan has also financed
a number of infrastructure development projects, the most notable being the
Delhi Metro.
The year 2007 was
declared as the Indo-Japanese Friendship year and a number of economic and
defence related cooperations were initiated. Japanese Self Defence Forces and
the Indian Navy participated in a joint exercise in the Indian Ocean.
Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe
was invited as the chief guest for 2014 Republic Day Parade.
The recently concluded
visit of PM Modi to Japan has opened vistas for cooperation and the two
countries have signed an agreement on ‘India-Japan Special Strategic and Global
Partnership’.
Benefits to India of Improving Ties With Japan
Catalyze India Economic Growth
Japan ranks India as the
most promising overseas investment destination over the long term. Japan
currently is India’s fourth largest FDI source.
After having assisted in
the Delhi Metro Project and a railway project between Mumbai-Delhi, Japan is
now in the process of discussing the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project,
Dedicated Freight Corridor Project on the Mumbai-Delhi and Delhi- Howrah routes
and Chinnai-Banglore Industrial Corridor Project.
Since the signing of
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement in 2010, Japan has set up many
prominent companies in India. During PM Modi’s recent visit to Japan, PM Shinzo
Abe pledged $35 billion in private and public investments.
These funds will be used
to improve Indian manufacturing skills, create ‘smart cities’, electronics
industrial parks, build high speed rail lines and urban subways, clean up river
Ganga, produce clean energy and speed up rural development.
China is the largest
importer of Indian raw materials and exports the finished products back to
India resulting in a huge trade deficit (value of import from India is lower
than the value of export for China) in favour of China. It was $1 billion in
2002 and has nearly reached $ 35 billion as on date.
Besides, the cheaper
Chinese goods flooding the Indian markets (through legal and illegal route)
give an unreasonable competition to Indian manufacturers, thereby stemming
their growth prospects. A very low profit margin is the major reason for our
manufacturing sector to be lagging behind.
Hence, China can
leverage its financial clout by arm twisting India, since it is a major
supplier of power and telecom equipment to India and also it provides loans to
Indian companies in financial distress.
China finds India as its
main regional competitor, and is therefore systematically trying to prune its
aspirations at the nascent stages only. Collaborating with Japan will restrict
Chinese monopoly and prevent Sino-centric Asia.
Ensure Favourable Balance of Power in Asia
China is following a
policy of slowly nibbling at land and maritime boundaries of neighbouring countries.
Claiming islands in the South China and East China Seas allows China to extend
its maritime border, the same has two advantages.
Firstly, abundant
natural resources and oil reserves that lie untapped become intrinsically
available to China and it is able to control the energy supplies and transport
routes across a major portion of the world’s busiest waterways.
Secondly, China has
established an Air Defensive Identification Zone over the areas claimed by it
in the South China Sea (which is roughly 80% of it), through which it restricts
the fly past of aircrafts of other countries. Thus, effectively expanding its
international frontiers.
The historic
‘India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership’ agreement signed during
the visit of PM Modi to Japan will facilitate cooperation on defence
technology, maritime security and create means to deter aggression and ensure
favourably balance of power in the Indo- Pacific region.
Finally, to conclude,
the strong convergence of economic and security interests of the two countries
is likely to cement the relationship significantly and this liaison will foster
a new dimension to India’s pursuit to growth and sustainable development.
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