India and Japan reaffirm relations

Forging closer ties: Modi with Abe posing for photographs at a hotel garden in Yamanakako village, Yamanashi prefecture. — AP

TOKYO: The leaders of Japan and India are reaffirming their ties amid growing worries about trade and regional stability.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived on Saturday, met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a resort area near Mount Fuji yesterday. Modi is also visiting a nearby plant of major Japanese robot maker Fanuc.