On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi rode a bullet train from Tokyo to Sendai alongside his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi traveled on a bullet train from Tokyo to Sendai alongside his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba. The two leaders posted photos of their train journey on social media.
"Accompanying Prime Minister Modi to Sendai." "Following up from last night, I'm staying with him from inside the vehicle," the Japanese PM posted on X.
Upon their arrival, the two leaders encountered Indian train drivers in training at the East Japan Railway Company. They additionally viewed the new ALFA-X train and received a briefing on the bullet train from the chairman of East Japan Railway Company, known as 'JR East', the entity operating the train.
PM Modi, currently on a two-day official trip to Japan for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit, is in Sendai to explore essential industrial sites, such as a semiconductor factory and a bullet-train coach production facility.
The plant close to Sendai, located in Miyagi Prefecture, is a new semiconductor wafer fabrication facility being established by Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC). It is created in collaboration with SBI Holdings and Japanese partners under the joint venture Japan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (JSMC). Construction is underway at the Second Northern Sendai Central Industrial Park in Ohira Village, symbolizing one of Japan's largest efforts to reinvigorate its semiconductor manufacturing sector.
PM Modi is touring the site as India and Japan collaborate on economic security, encompassing semiconductors, AI, essential minerals, and renewable energy.
The two nations also finalized the arrangement for the Chandrayaan-5 mission, a collaborative exploration of the moon's polar region by the space agencies of both countries.
On Saturday morning (IST), PM Modi engaged in a conversation with the governors of 16 prefectures in Tokyo, Japan.
PM Modi is set to visit China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) later today
