NEW DELHI, July 2 (Reuters): India and Japan agreed on Thursday to boost cooperation in artificial intelligence, metals, energy and defence as well as prepare a joint roadmap for economic security, as the Asian nations sought to further strengthen their ties.

The agreements were ​signed after talks between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi, who is on ​a three-day visit to New Delhi.

"Japan and India will leverage each other's strengths to ⁠grow strong and prosperous together," Takaichi told reporters after the talks. "Amid a turbulent international landscape, ​building such a mutually complementary cooperative relationship has become increasingly important."

Her visit follows a trip by Modi ​to Tokyo last year, when Japan pledged to more than double its investment in India to more than $61 billion over the next decade, highlighting deepening economic ties.

Bilateral trade between the two countries reached $27.5 billion in fiscal year 2025/26, ​while Japanese investment in India was $3.2 billion between April and December 2025, according to Indian government ​data.

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