PM Narendra Modi in Japan: key points

* Prime Minister Modi started the day by attending an Indian Community event as part of the 13th 'India-Japan Annual Summit' early in the morning. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said — "India is going through a massive transformative phase today. The world is appreciating India for its services towards humanity. The policies being made in India, the work being done towards public welfare, for these the nation is being felicitated today."

* The Prime Minister's address to the Indian diaspora is followed by a series of meetings with Japanese Venture Capitalists, the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko, Foreign Minister Taro Kono and the Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party, Toshihiro Nikai.

* Later in the day, the Prime Minister will attend a meeting of the India-Japan Business Leaders Forum, followed by a lunch hosted by the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren).

* Prime Minister Modi will address the 'Make in India: India-Japan Partnership in Africa and Digital Partnership' seminar in the afternoon, following which he will meet the governor of Shizuoka Province, Heita Kawakatsu.

* Later in the evening, the Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive at the office of his Japanese counterpart and hold delegation level talks. The two prime ministers are slated to hold wide-ranging talks in strengthening collaboration in key areas such as defence, security, Indo-Pacific cooperation, and technology as well as review the progress of India-Japan ties.

* Following a banquet dinner hosted by the Japanese Prime Minister, PM Modi will emplane for his journey back to New Delhi.


* Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Japan on Saturday for the two-day visit.

* After luncheon, both prime ministers visited the FANUC industrial facility, which specialises in automation. "PM Shinzo Abe and I visited the FANUC Corporation, which has pioneered the usage and application of technology, particularly in robotics," Modi tweeted.

* Later in the evening, Abe in a special gesture hosted Modi at his personal villa near Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi for a private dinner. It was the first time Abe had invited a foreign political leader to his holiday home in the village of Narusawa in the prefecture.

* On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe Sunday rode an express train to travel to Tokyo after spending eight hours together in the scenic Yamanashi prefecture where they held informal talks and visited a factory of industrial manufacturers

* PM Modi gifted his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe two handcrafted stone bowls and durries. These apart, Modi also gifted a Jodhpuri wooden chest from Rajasthan with traditional work. The bowls, made from rose quartz and yellow quartz stone sourced from Rajasthan, were crafted by master artisan Shabbirhusen Ibrahimbhai Shaikh of Khambhat region of Gujarat.

* Prime Minister Modi arrived in Tokyo on Saturday to attend the 13th India-Japan Annual Summit. Prior to his departure, the Prime Minister stated that the meeting with Abe would be his 12th since his first visit to Japan in 2014.