Japan Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 29 Oct 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on 29 October 2025 to congratulate her on taking office and discuss the India-Japan partnership.

Wed, 22 Oct 2025

• INS Sahyadri took part in the sea phase of the Japan India Maritime Exercise (JAIMEX-25) from 16 to 18 October 2025 and reached Yokosuka, Japan, on 21 October 2025 for the harbour phase.

Tue, 21 Oct 2025

• On 21 October 2025, Japan's Diet designated Sanae Takaichi as the country's 104th Prime Minister and its first woman to hold the office; PM Modi congratulated her and also Rodrigo Paz Pereira on his election as President of Bolivia.

Fri, 19 Sept 2025

• Japanese credit rating agency Rating and Investment Information (R&I) upgraded India's long-term sovereign credit rating to BBB+ from BBB with a Stable outlook on 19 September 2025, the third upgrade by a sovereign rating agency in 2025.

Thu, 22 May 2025

• An all-party delegation led by MP Sanjay Kumar Jha began a visit to Japan on 22 May 2025 and met Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, who expressed Japan's solidarity with India against terrorism.

Thu, 27 Mar 2025

• The Government of India and JICA signed six loan agreements worth JPY 191.736 billion in New Delhi on 27 March 2025 under Japan's Official Development Assistance, covering projects in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Assam and Punjab.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi met a delegation of Keizai Doyukai, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, led by its chair Takeshi Niinami, at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi on 27 March 2025.

Mon, 25 Nov 2024

• On 25 November 2024 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from the Ambassadors of Ethiopia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Romania and the High Commissioner of Grenada.

Fri, 22 Nov 2024

• On 22 November 2024 in Vientiane, Lao PDR, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Japan's Gen Nakatani and the Philippines' Gilberto Teodoro on the last day of his visit for the 11th ADMM-Plus.

Wed, 20 Nov 2024

• On 20 November 2024 in New Delhi, the 2nd India-Japan Joint Service Staff Talks between HQ Integrated Defence Staff and the Joint Staff of Japan Self Defence Force concluded.

Fri, 15 Nov 2024

• On 15 November 2024 at the Embassy of India in Tokyo, India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Implementation for co-development of UNICORN masts for Indian Navy ships.
• On 15 November 2024 at Kamptee, Nagpur, the Dragon Palace Temple celebrated its 25th anniversary, attended by Union Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Kiren Rijiju.