NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday travelled in a bullet train (Shinkansen) from Tokyo to Sendai, the capital of the Miyagi prefecture, where they visited the premises of Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd, a leading Japanese semiconductor company.
Modi and Ishiba, at their meeting on Friday, had pledged to work towards speedy commencement of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail operations. According to the Indian govt, the visit to Sendai highlighted the complementarity between India's growing semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem and Japan's strengths in advanced semiconductor equipment and technology. "Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to deepening cooperation in this sector, building on the Memorandum of Cooperation on the Japan-India Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership as well as ongoing partnerships under the India-Japan Industrial Competitiveness Partnership and Economic Security Dialogue," said the Indian govt in a statement.
"The semiconductor sector is a key area for India-Japan cooperation. In the last few years, India has made many strides in this sector. A lot of youngsters are getting associated with it as well. We seek to continue this momentum in the times to come," said Modi in a post on X. The visit underscored India and Japan's shared vision to develop robust, resilient and trusted semiconductor supply chains , according to the Indian govt.
Modi and Ishiba, at their meeting on Friday, had pledged to work towards speedy commencement of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail operations. According to the Indian govt, the visit to Sendai highlighted the complementarity between India's growing semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem and Japan's strengths in advanced semiconductor equipment and technology. "Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to deepening cooperation in this sector, building on the Memorandum of Cooperation on the Japan-India Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership as well as ongoing partnerships under the India-Japan Industrial Competitiveness Partnership and Economic Security Dialogue," said the Indian govt in a statement.
"The semiconductor sector is a key area for India-Japan cooperation. In the last few years, India has made many strides in this sector. A lot of youngsters are getting associated with it as well. We seek to continue this momentum in the times to come," said Modi in a post on X. The visit underscored India and Japan's shared vision to develop robust, resilient and trusted semiconductor supply chains , according to the Indian govt.
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