Geopolitics

From India’s perspective, a strengthened Japan would be a much welcome and beneficial addition in New Delhi’s geopolitical calculations, especially with regard to China and the Indo- Pacific. Given the positive history of Indo-Japanese relations from the days of Rabindranath Tagore and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a more militarily robust and assertive Japan would be well poised to realize the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision, in which India has been deemed an “indispensable partner.”