Ties between India and Japan are “vital” for regional and global peace, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, congratulating Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday (October 21, 2025). Officials said the two leaders are expected to speak over the telephone in the next few days, and are likely to meet as early as this weekend, on the sidelines of the upcoming Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and the East Asia Summit (EAS).

Mr. Modi is expected to travel for the summits, although the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has not made an announcement yet. Ms. Takaichi, 64 , was elected by the Japanese Parliament or Diet, making her the first woman Japanese Prime Minister, weeks after she won the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP

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