India, Japan sign landmark nuclear deal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the India-Japan civil nuclear agreement, signed here on Friday after the annual bilateral summit, a "historic step" and added that Japan is a natural partner of India. (PHOTO - PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the India-Japan civil nuclear agreement, signed here on Friday after the annual bilateral summit, a "historic step" and added that Japan is a natural partner of India. (PHOTO - Reuters)

Modi said: "Our aim is to become a major centre for manufacturing, investments and for the 21st century knowledge industries. And, in this journey, we see Japan as a natural partner. We believe there is vast scope to combine our relative advantages, whether of capital, technology or human resources, to work for mutual benefit." (PHOTO - Reuters)

Modi said that both sides remained focused on making strong progress on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail project. (PHOTO - Reuters)

Apart from the civil nuclear agreement, nine other agreements across multiple sectors were signed after the bilateral summit. India and Japan inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of outer space, which would enable cooperation in satellite navigation, planetary exploration and space industry promotion, joint missions and studies. (PHOTO - PTI)