PM Modi and Kishida review progress in India-Japan ties

IANS | August 29, 2025 2:34 PM

Tokyo, Aug 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday as both leaders discussed the progress in bilateral partnership across trade, critical technologies and human resource mobility sectors.

PM Modi, former Japanese counterpart Suga discuss expanding bilateral ties

IANS | August 29, 2025 2:22 PM

Tokyo, Aug 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, also the Chairperson of the Japan-India Association, discussing many dimensions of cooperation between two nations. PM Modi stated that discussions during the meeting focused on building closer cooperation between both countries.

Australia to launch first Moon rover on NASA mission

IANS | August 29, 2025 10:50 AM

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Australia's first Moon rover will be launched around the end of the decade through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, the Australian Space Agency (ASA) said on Friday.

Opportunity to deepen existing partnerships: PM Modi upon arrival in Japan

IANS | August 29, 2025 7:28 AM

Tokyo, Aug 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tokyo on Friday, marking the start of his two-day official visit to Japan to attend the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit. He remarked that the visit would provide an opportunity to deepen existing partnerships and explore new avenues of collaboration.