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Prologue

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Mindmap: Gist of Modis Japan visit

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Strategic: India-Japan

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Economy: India-Japan

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Energy-Environment: India-Japan

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Science-Space-Healthcare

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People 2 People: India-Japan

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Side topics

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#1: Indo-Jap Nuclear deal

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#2: Japan doesnt like MAT. NOT ONE BIT

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#3: US-2 Amphibian aircraft

Mock questions

Prologue
Total four part article-series
1. Modi Japan visit
2. Xis India Visit

3. Modi US visit
4. 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 Im
focusing only on six key areas:
1. Strategic (Defense Related)
2. Trade, Investment, Economy
3. Energy And Environment
4. Science, Research, Space, Healthcare
5. People 2 People and Misc.
6. Side Topics, If Any
Lets begin.

Mindmap: Gist of Modis Japan visit

TOKYO DECLARATION 2014: INDIA JAPAN

Strategic: India-Japan
Meetings with item songs
1. Japan is now Indias strategic partner (= civil + defense ties)
2. Japan will intensify 2+2 strategic dialogue with India, involving foreign and defense
Secretaries. Japan also has similar with US, Australia, Russia and France.
3. Regular meetings between their National Security Advisors.
4. Trilateral Defense meeting between India-Japan-USA.
Defense and desi liquor- Trade
1. 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.
2. Japan will sale US-2 amphibian aircrafts and its secret technology to India.
3. This will be Japans first overseas military sale in 50 years.
Exercises to get 8 pack abs
1. Japan will hold regular exercise with Indian navy and coast guards
2. Japan will participate in India-US Malabar naval exercise.
International bodies
1. Both want urgent reforms in UNSC- for increasing no. of permanent and non-permanent
members.
2. Japan will help India get FULL membership in four international export control regimes
a. Nuclear Suppliers Group
b. Missile Technology Control Regime
c. Wassenaar Arrangement
d. Australia Group
Misc.filler

1. Denounced terrorism in all forms.

2. Asked N.Korea to stop nuke proliferation.
3. Welcomed UN negotiations for Iran nuke issue,
4. Pledged support for Afghanistan rebuilding. (Just like 3 times-camera zooming is prerequisite in every saas-bahu serial, Afghanistan-rebuilding is pre-requisite in all bilateral
meetings involving India.)

Economy: India-Japan

India

Japan
Japan will Investment $35 billion

India will supply rare earth chloride to to

smart cities, bullet trains, Ganga

Japan- for making defence and high tech

Cleaning, health-women etc. in next

electronics.

five years.

At present, China biggest producer of rare

Double the Japanese FDI in 5 years

earth, limits exports to safeguard its local

50 billion yen loan to IIFCL (India

mfg. units

Infrastructure Finance corp. ltd) for

PPP projects

Modi to setup Japan+ Management

team in PMO, to help Japanese investors
in India. Team will have 2 Japanese
members.
will reform tax, environment clearance for

collaborate on Regional
Comprehensive Economic Partnership
(RCEP) negotiations

ease of doing business.

Transport
1. Joint Feasibility Study for bullet train between Ahmedabad Mumbai.
2. Mass rapid transit system between Gurgaon and Bawal (HN)
3. Japan will help upgrading the existing semi-high speed railways in India.
4. @Gujarat: New Dholera International airport + Alang ship-breaking yard upgrade.
Industrial corridors:
5. Will help finishing the ongoing industrial corridor projects. Click me

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summary on this:
6. Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)
7. Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)
8. Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC)
9. Will setup Industrial cities / townships in Gujarat, Maharashtra, UP and Madhya Pradesh
10. Japanese industrial townships will give benefits similar or higher than SEZ and NIMZs in
India.
Agro / village related:
11. Japan will setup food value chains via PPP
12. Japan will give advanced irrigation system and farming machines.
13. 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.
14. Smart Community projects, the Logistics Data Bank project
15. @North East: Road connectivity, Forest resource Management, water supply
improvement.

Energy-Environment: India-Japan
Energy to light bidi
1. Speed up nuclear deal negotiations
2. Jointly procure LNG
3. Tie up in oil-gas exploration.
4. Collaboration for environment friendly coal tech such as
5. Coal-fired power generation technology
6. Clean Coal Technology (CCT).
7. Super-critical coal-fired power project in Meja, UP.
8. Super critical thermal power plant in Barauni, Bihar.
9. @Gujarat: Canal top solar power plants
10. @Rajasthan: Mega Solar Power project at Neemrana

Misc.
11. will assist in cleaning Ganga
12. @Gujarat: Seawater Desalination project at Dahej.
13. Japan will host 3rd UN Disaster Management conference @Sendai (March 2015) to adopt
new framework after Hyogo.

Science-Space-Healthcare
1. Outer space exploration via Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF)
2. ICT initiatives, internet security.
3. Joint ocean studies.
4. Science Fellowship programs for youth.
5. +lot other fancy research things that I dont bother copying from original Tokyo
Declaration statement. (http://www.narendramodi.in/tokyo-declaration-for-india-japanspecial-strategic-and-global-partnership/)

People 2 People: India-Japan

1. Kyoto-Varanasi partnership agreement: to develop Varanasi just like Japans historical city
Kyoto.
2. JENESYS 2.0 program: Exchanging ~1300 youth
3. Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV): will send nurses to Mizoram.
4. 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?
1. Weve put 10 out of 21 nuke reactors under IAEA supervision. They can be run on
imported Uranium.
2. Ailing Jap. Nuke industry after Fukushima disaster. Will get boost by signing agreements

with India.
3. Japanese companies supply critical components to nuclear powerplants of GE and Areva
etc.
4. If we can get Japanese components and technology, itll greatly increase our nuclearelectricity generation.
5. Japan has huge stockpile of reprocessed plutonium.
What are the challenges then?

Japan

India

Wants India to sign Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban

Treaty (CTBT) and Non-proliferation treaty.
Nuke disarmament is a major issue in their domestic
politics. (Just like psedo-secularism in Indian politics).
If Japanese PM signs nuke deals with India, and India
doesnt commit to CBDT/NPT, itll be difficult for Abes party

No we wont sign such

stupid agreements. We
want to have freedom of
doing nuclear tests.

to win future elections. just like Sharif cant win elections

without making stupid remarks over Kashmir.

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 cant

allow you / anyone else
to inspect our defense
nuclear programs.

In short, India not willing to accept more obligations than what weve agreed under 2008s
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 doesnt like MAT. NOT ONE BIT

Current Minimum Alternate Tax rates in India

Indian companies

Japanese and other foreign cos.

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 Manesars Maruti plant.
#3: US-2 Amphibian aircraft

Japan Maritime self-defense force uses this plane. (They dont 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 youll 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:
a. Nuclear Suppliers Group
b. Missile Technology Control Regime
c. Wassenaar Arrangement
d. Australia Group
Q5. Answer following in 100 words each
1. Kyoto Varanasi agreement
2. JENESYS 2.0 program
3. Significance of US-2 Amphibian aircraft for Indian Navy.

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