Modi on Five Day Visit to Japan – Leads Delegation of 10 Business Men to Court Shinkansen 300 Km Bullet Trains

Abe to Offer Trillions of Yen for Infrastructure to Boost Failing Japanese Economy

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to visit Japan on August 30, he will be accompanied by a shortlist of 10 comprising of Captains drawn largely from Western India with an emphasis on Gujarat with a bit of Bangalore and Delhi. The notables are Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, Dilip Shanghvi (Sun Pharmaceuticals), Azim Premji (Wipro), Chanda Kochhar (ICICI Bank), Shashi Ruia (Essar), S Ramadorai (TCS), Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (Biocon), K Venkataramanan (Larsen & Toubro), D K Sarraf (ONGC) and Sunil Mittal (Bharti).

During his visit from August 31 to September 3, the Prime Minister will call on Emperor Akihito and hold annual summit meeting with his counterpart Shinzo Abe, famous for his five arrows doctrine of development.

PM Modi has advocated BRICS bank on Brazil visit for BRICS Summit. He was hot on hydel power in his visits to Bhutan and Nepal. The visit was marred by floods in Bihar and UP following poor water management on the Rapti and Ghagra in both Nepal and India. There was no open discussion on this in his Nepal visit.

In this visit, Modi will respond to Japanese proposals for pumping more money into infrastructure in India. He may address the problems faced by Japanese Business in India on high transaction costs and closed import channels. The delegation of Indian business men like Ambani and Adani have little to ask from the Japs since they are in competition!