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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership is the elevated bilateral framework established in 2014 to coordinate security, infrastructure, technology, and Indo-Pacific cooperation.
- When was the India-Japan partnership elevated to 'Special Strategic and Global'?
- How does the partnership differ from the Quad?
- What is significant about the 2016 civil nuclear agreement?

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1. 3 September 2014

   The decisive elevation came during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Japan from 30 August to , when he and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe issued the "Tokyo…

2. 1 August 2011

   The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) entered into force on , providing the trade-liberalisation backbone.

3. 11 November 2016

   The India–Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, signed on and effective from July 2017, was a landmark, since Japan—the only state to have suffered ato…

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During Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to New Delhi in March 2022, Japan pledged ¥5 trillion in investment to India over five years under the Special Strategic and Global Partnership framework.

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