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India and Japan are entering a new stage of global strategic partnership with a focus on economic and security cooperation.

The Takaichi visit shows that India and Japan are hedging their bets as faith in U.S. security guarantees wanes, seeking deeper economic and defense cooperation to navigate a shifting Indo-Pacific order. Yet, despite the fanfare, the partnership remains more a marriage of necessity than a strategic revolution, constrained by differing interests and the realities of regional geopolitics.

The intensification of Japan’s political course on the European front, which has been observed over the past few years, received further confirmation this June in the form of a trip to the continent by the Imperial Couple and the country’s Prime Minister.