Modi meets Kyoto mayor

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa here Sunday.

According to the external affairs ministry spokesman, the mayor briefed Modi -- on a five-day visit to Japan -- about "green, smart and modern yet historic Kyoto".

Home to about 1.5 million people, Kyoto is a former capital of imperial Japan. According to its mayor, it is a "model, modern city of citizen autonomy".

Modi arrived here Saturday. He will later go to Tokyo.