india-japan Current Affairs, GK & News
India and Japan PMs’ First-in-person Meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga in-person on September 23, 2021. Key Points During the meeting, both the leaders reaffirmed their commitment towards a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region. They reviewed multi-faceted bilateral relationship as well as exchanged views on recent global developments like in Afghanistan. This meeting was held ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: india-japan • India-Japan Relations • Specified Skilled workers (SSW) agreement • Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI)
India-Japan Sixth Maritime Affairs Dialogue
India and Japan held their sixth Maritime Affairs Dialogue on September 10, 2021 in a virtual format. Highlights The dialogue involved exchanges on developments in the areas of regional cooperation activities, maritime security environment as well as the opportunities for cooperation between both the countries in the Indo-Pacific region. Background First round of India-Japan Maritime ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: india-japan • India-Japan Relations • India-Japan Sixth Maritime Affairs Dialogue • Japan-India Maritime Exercise • JIMEX
Japan to help India build Vaccine Cold Chain Facilities
Japan is all set to provide India a $10 million assistance for building cold chain facilities to safely store covid-19 vaccines. Key Points Japan will provide this assistance to India to build cold chain equipment including medical equipment like cold-storage facilities. Cold storage facilities will be built as ‘Last One Mile Support’. These facilities will ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • COVID-19 vaccines • india-japan • Moderna vaccines • Pfizer-BioNTech • Vaccine Cold Chain Facilities
Cabinet approves MoC between India & Japan on Sustainable Urban Development
Union Cabinet approved Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Sustainable Urban Development between India and Japan by suspending the existing MoU of 2007 on Urban Development. How MoC will be implemented? To implement and strategize programmes on cooperation under MoC, a Joint Working Group (JWG) will be constituted. JWG will meet once in a year in ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: india-japan • Smart cities • Sustainable Urban Development • Sustainable urban planning • Urban planning
Supply Chain Resilience Initiative
On April 27, 2021, India, Australia and Japan formally launched the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative. The initiative was launched to counter the dominance of China in the Global Supply Chain. It aims to prevent disruptions in the supply chain as seen during COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative will mainly focus on diversification of investment and digital ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Confederation of Indian Industry • India-Australia-Japan • india-japan • Supply chain • Supply chain management • supply chain resilience initiative
India-Japan: MoU signed for Academic and Research Cooperation
The Union Cabinet recently apprised a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) signed between India and Japan. The MoU was signed between National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) that operates under Department of Space, GoI and the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere called the RISH that operates under Kyoto University of Japan. What are the objectives of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: 2+2 dailogue • atmospheric science • india-japan • Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) • Meteorology • NARL • radar