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The Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, will visit Japan from 24 to 27 August 2026, travelling to Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.
He leads India's largest-ever business delegation to Japan - more than 200 business representatives across manufacturing, semiconductors, clean energy, steel, automotive, financial services, healthcare and start-ups.
The programme includes a round-table with Keidanren, the Japan Business Federation representing over 1,500 leading Japanese companies, bilateral talks with METI Minister H.E. Mr. Akazawa Ryosei, a roadshow with Chukeiren and the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce & Industry, engagement with the Aichi Prefecture leadership, and an Investors and Business Roadshow in Osaka.
Japan's apex business federation, described in the release as representing over 1,500 leading Japanese companies; it is the principal channel through which Japanese corporate opinion reaches government and foreign partners.
Japan's economic ministry and the counterpart of India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry for trade and industrial policy; its minister at the time of the visit is H.E. Mr. Akazawa Ryosei.
The regional economic federation of central Japan, based around Nagoya, which hosts much of Japan's automotive and heavy-manufacturing base.
The chamber of commerce for Nagoya, co-host of the India roadshow in the Central Japan industrial region.
India and Japan are two of the four members of the Quad, along with the United States and Australia - the standard reference point for questions on Indo-Pacific groupings.
A CEPA goes beyond a free trade agreement in goods to cover services, investment and movement of professionals; the India-Japan CEPA of 2011 is the model example used in questions distinguishing FTA, CECA and CEPA.
Japan is India's largest ODA source; ODA is concessional government-to-government finance, distinct from foreign direct investment - a distinction examiners test.
Dedicated sessions on semiconductors and artificial intelligence link this visit to India's semiconductor manufacturing push and to the wider question of diversifying chip supply chains away from a single geography.
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India-Japan relations appear regularly in UPSC Prelims and Mains, usually through CEPA, the Quad and infrastructure finance.
The top tier of India's bilateral partnership hierarchy, applied to Japan since 2014, covering strategic, defence, technology and economic cooperation.
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement - a trade agreement covering goods, services, investment and movement of people; the India-Japan CEPA has been in force since 2011.
The Japan Business Federation, the country's apex business body, described in the release as representing over 1,500 leading Japanese companies.
Concessional finance provided by one government to another for development projects; Japan is India's largest ODA partner.