What are the challenges in India-Japan relations? EAM Jaishankar explains

At the India-Japan Forum Inaugural Session Conversation in New Delhi, EAM Jaishankar explained three challenges in the India-Japan relationship. EAM Dr S Jaishankar said, “We`ve never had problems between India and Japan but not having problems doesn`t mean everything works well. I would say how do you take good sentiment and make it into a practical plan. When I look today at the kind of spike in Indian tourists...our passport issuer is going up actually at the rate of almost 10 to 15% a year. We are issuing between about 13 million to 15 million passports every year and these are 10-year validities. In this country, foreign travel is growing and interest in foreign tourism is growing but we haven`t yet seen any of this directed at Japan. If you look at Southeast Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Gulf, Europe, Indian tourists are really going there in very large numbers.”