TOKYO >> Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi agreed today to deepen economic and security ties as New Delhi confronts new U.S. tariffs and Tokyo looks to counter China’s growing influence.

“Japan and India should draw on each other’s strengths, help solve each other’s challenges, and even tackle together the issues that future generations will face,” Ishiba said at a joint press announcement with Modi after talks in Tokyo.

The two leaders pledged to boost defence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific over the next decade, strengthen supply chains and investment, and expand collaboration in AI, space, high-speed rail and other technologies. They also agreed to widen skilled worker exchanges.

Japan said it was targeting 10 trillion yen ($67.9 billion)

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