10/5/2014 Mrunal Modi Diplomacy: Japan Visit, Tokyo Declaration

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[Modi Diplomacy] Part 1/4: Japan Visit, Tokyo Declaration,
US-2 Amphibian aircraft, JENESYS 2.0 Kyoto Varanasi Pact
1. Prologue
2. Mindmap: Gist of Modis Japan visit
3. Strategic: India-Japan
4. Economy: India-Japan
5. Energy-Environment: India-Japan
6. Science-Space-Healthcare
7. People 2 People: India-Japan
8. Side topics
1. #1: Indo-Jap Nuclear deal
2. #2: Japan doesnt like MAT. NOT ONE BIT
3. #3: US-2 Amphibian aircraft
9. Mock questions
Prologue
Total four part article-series
1. Modi Japan visit
2. Xis India Visit
3. Modi US visit
4. Comparative table of above three, with Overall analysis/ success / failure.
As such all these summits had lot of photo-ops, symbolic gestures like Modi feeding fishes,
visiting temple, drinking tea in Japan, Modi says India not land of snake charmers but Mouse
players, Modi asks Indians living in Japan to bring their friends on India tour.. But Im
focusing only on six key areas:
1. Strategic (Defense Related)
2. Trade, Investment, Economy
3. Energy And Environment
4. Science, Research, Space, Healthcare
5. People 2 People and Misc.
6. Side Topics, If Any
Lets begin.
Mindmap: Gist of Modis Japan visit
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Tokyo Declaration 2014: India Japan
Strategic: India-Japan
Meetings with item songs
1. Japan is now Indias strategic partner (= civil + defense ties)
2. Japan will intensify 2+2 strategic dialogue with India, involving foreign and defense
Secretaries. Japan also has similar with US, Australia, Russia and France.
3. Regular meetings between their National Security Advisors.
4. Trilateral Defense meeting between India-Japan-USA.
Defense and desi liquor- Trade
1. 1998: Japan had banned sale of HAL and other Indian defense companies (due to
Pokhran test). After Modi visit, they lifted ban from HAL and 5 other cos.
2. Japan will sale US-2 amphibian aircrafts and its secret technology to India.
3. This will be Japans first overseas military sale in 50 years.
Exercises to get 8 pack abs
1. Japan will hold regular exercise with Indian navy and coast guards
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2. Japan will participate in India-US Malabar naval exercise.
International bodies
1. Both want urgent reforms in UNSC- for increasing no. of permanent and non-
permanent members.
2. Japan will help India get FULL membership in four international export control
regimes
a. Nuclear Suppliers Group
b. Missile Technology Control Regime
c. Wassenaar Arrangement
d. Australia Group
Misc.filler
1. Denounced terrorism in all forms.
2. Asked N.Korea to stop nuke proliferation.
3. Welcomed UN negotiations for Iran nuke issue,
4. Pledged support for Afghanistan rebuilding. (Just like 3 times-camera zooming is
pre-requisite in every saas-bahu serial, Afghanistan-rebuilding is pre-requisite in all
bilateral meetings involving India.)
Economy: India-Japan
India Japan
India will supply rare earth chloride to to
Japan- for making defence and high tech
electronics.
At present, China biggest producer of
rare earth, limits exports to safeguard its
local mfg. units
Japan will Investment $35 billion
smart cities, bullet trains, Ganga
Cleaning, health-women etc. in next
five years.
Double the Japanese FDI in 5 years
50 billion yen loan to IIFCL (India
Infrastructure Finance corp. ltd) for
PPP projects
Modi to setup Japan+ Management
team in PMO, to help Japanese
investors in India. Team will have 2
Japanese members.
will reform tax, environment clearance
for ease of doing business.
collaborate on Regional
Comprehensive Economic
Partnership (RCEP) negotiations
Transport
1. Joint Feasibility Study for bullet train between Ahmedabad Mumbai.
2. Mass rapid transit system between Gurgaon and Bawal (HN)
3. Japan will help upgrading the existing semi-high speed railways in India.
4. @Gujarat: New Dholera International airport + Alang ship-breaking yard upgrade.
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Industrial corridors:
5. Will help finishing the ongoing industrial corridor projects. Click me to see economic
survey summary on this:
6. Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)
7. Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)
8. Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC)
9. Will setup Industrial cities / townships in Gujarat, Maharashtra, UP and Madhya
Pradesh
10. Japanese industrial townships will give benefits similar or higher than SEZ and NIMZs
in India.
Agro / village related:
11. Japan will setup food value chains via PPP
12. Japan will give advanced irrigation system and farming machines.
13. Japanese Champions of Societal Manufacturing (CSM) Project- for mfg sector in
India. Within this, Japan will also run Village Buddha project to help SHG groups in
villages.
Misc.
14. Smart Community projects, the Logistics Data Bank project
15. @North East: Road connectivity, Forest resource Management, water supply
improvement.
Energy-Environment: India-Japan
Energy to light bidi
1. Speed up nuclear deal negotiations
2. Jointly procure LNG
3. Tie up in oil-gas exploration.
4. Collaboration for environment friendly coal tech such as
5. Coal-fired power generation technology
6. Clean Coal Technology (CCT).
7. Super-critical coal-fired power project in Meja, UP.
8. Super critical thermal power plant in Barauni, Bihar.
9. @Gujarat: Canal top solar power plants
10. @Rajasthan: Mega Solar Power project at Neemrana
Misc.
11. will assist in cleaning Ganga
12. @Gujarat: Seawater Desalination project at Dahej.
13. Japan will host 3rd UN Disaster Management conference @Sendai (March 2015) to
adopt new framework after Hyogo.
Science-Space-Healthcare
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1. Outer space exploration via Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF)
2. ICT initiatives, internet security.
3. Joint ocean studies.
4. Science Fellowship programs for youth.
5. +lot other fancy research things that I dont bother copying from original Tokyo
Declaration statement.
People 2 People: India-Japan
1. Kyoto-Varanasi partnership agreement: to develop Varanasi just like Japans historical
city Tokyo.
2. JENESYS 2.0 program: Exchanging ~1300 youth
3. Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV): will send nurses to Mizoram.
4. Will promote Tourism, youth exchange, skill Development and other fancy things.
And finally, Abe agreed to visit India in 2015 to return the favour of harassing UPSC
aspirants.
Side topics
So far, we checked the points related to the so called Tokyo declaration between India and
Japan during Modi visit. Now some related sidetopics:
#1: Indo-Jap Nuclear deal
Why does India want nuke deal with Japan?
1. Weve put 10 out of 21 nuke reactors under IAEA supervision. They can be run on
imported Uranium.
2. Ailing Jap. Nuke industry after Fukushima disaster. Will get boost by signing
agreements with India.
3. Japanese companies supply critical components to nuclear powerplants of GE and
Areva etc.
4. If we can get Japanese components and technology, itll greatly increase our nuclear-
electricity generation.
5. Japan has huge stockpile of reprocessed plutonium.
What are the challenges then?
Japan India
Wants India to sign Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
Treaty (CTBT) and Non-proliferation treaty.
Nuke disarmament is a major issue in their domestic
politics. (Just like psedo-secularism in Indian politics).
If Japanese PM signs nuke deals with India, and India
doesnt commit to CBDT/NPT, itll be difficult for Abes
party to win future elections. just like Sharif cant win
elections without making stupid remarks over Kashmir.
No we wont sign such
stupid agreements. We
want to have freedom of
doing nuclear tests.
We want to reprocess the
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No, we cannot allow that. spent fuel (for testing
nuke weapons.)
India should accept inspection beyond the current IAEA
safeguards. i.e. if we sell you fissile material or James Bond
secret technology then allow us to inspect both your defense and
civilian nuke programs.
Not acceptable. We cant
allow you / anyone else
to inspect our defense
nuclear programs.
In short, India not willing to accept more obligations than what weve agreed under 2008s
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) waiver agreement.
Q.Then How to convenience Japan to sell nuke material and Technology to India?
India should gain membership into export control regimes NSG, Missile Technology
Control Regime (MTCR), Australia Group, and the Wassenaar Arrangement.
2015 will be the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
At that time, Modi should launch a new nuclear disarmament initiative with Japan.
Above steps, will create good faith & then nuclear deal can be made.
#2: Japan doesnt like MAT. NOT ONE BIT
Current Minimum Alternate Tax rates in India
Indian companies Japanese and other foreign cos.
19.06% 19.06%
20.01 (with edu. cess+surcharge) 19.44%
Japan wants India to exempt Japanese mfg. companies from MAT.
This will facilitate more investment in India- worth Rs.2-lakh crore in India over the
next five years
In recent years, Japanese private investment is declining due to high labour costs in
India and industrial unrest e.g. at Manesars Maruti plant.
#3: US-2 Amphibian aircraft
Japan Maritime self-defense force uses this plane. (They dont have a full-fledged
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army or navy.)
Amphibian aircraft meaning it can land both on land as well as water.
Can help rescuing victims from martime accidents.
Can transport Indian troops to places with no landing strip or shore- especially in far-
flung islands in Andaman, Nicobar, and Lakshadweep.
STOL: short takeoff and landing space required.
Can cover distance of 4500 kms, at speed >450 kmph without needing refueling.
This will be the first time since WW2, that Japan will make an overseas military sale.
Mock questions
Q1. Write a note on the salient features of Tokyo declaration 2014. (200 words)
Ans.
Signed on 1st September 2014
By Indian PM Modi and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.
for India Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership
Remaining points- well pick a few from defense, economy, environment, people-2-
people given above, and youll reach 200 words easily.
Q2. Discuss the opportunities and challenges before India-Japan nuclear deal. 200
words
Q3. Discuss the significance of the agreements signed between India and Japan during
the first official visit of PM Narendra Modi recently. 200 words
Q4. Write a note on the objective, structure and functions of following in 100 words
each:
a. Nuclear Suppliers Group
b. Missile Technology Control Regime
c. Wassenaar Arrangement
d. Australia Group
Q5. Answer following in 100 words each
1. Kyoto Varanasi agreement
2. JENESYS 2.0 program
3. Significance of US-2 Amphibian aircraft for Indian Navy.
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