Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 22 (ANI): Marking a pivotal shift in Asian technological diplomacy, India and Japan convened the first-ever India-Japan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategic Dialogue in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The high-level meeting sets the stage for a decade of “co-creation,” aiming to merge India’s vast talent pool and digital public infrastructure with Japan’s advanced industrial expertise and hardware precision.
According to a Ministry of External Affairs press release, the meeting was co-chaired by Amit A. Shukla, Joint Secretary (Cyber Diplomacy) in India’s Ministry of External Affairs, and Hanada Takahiro, Deputy Assistant Minister for Cyber Security at Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both sides used the platform to deliberate on expanding strategic collaboration across the full spectrum of artificial intelligence technologies, commonly referred to as the AI stack.
The dialogue is the direct result of the India-Japan AI Cooperation Initiative established by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during their 2025 summit. It positions AI as a “central pillar” of the bilateral vision for the next 10 years.
“The AI Strategic Dialogue advances the India-Japan AI Cooperation Initiative, announced by the Prime Ministers of India and Japan during the visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Japan in August 2025. Cooperation in this field constitutes a central pillar of the India-Japan Joint Vision for the Next Decade,” the MEA press release stated.
The dialogue underscored that neither country seeks to work in isolation. Instead, the focus is on policy convergence, ensuring that the rules governing AI in both nations are compatible to foster seamless cross-border innovation.
“Both countries reaffirmed their commitment to jointly navigate the challenges and opportunities over the next decade to bring our countries and peoples of the next generation closer together than ever before,” the release added.
The discussions focused on a full-spectrum approach to AI, moving beyond software toward deep industrial integration. “Both sides engaged in substantive discussions on strategic cooperation across the entire AI stack, with a view to promoting co-creation, enhancing policy convergence, and encouraging the development of AI solutions in industrial domains to foster a robust, innovative, and trustworthy AI ecosystem. The dialogue also explored avenues to strengthen international mobility of AI talent and expand joint research through exchanges and collaborative projects. Furthermore, both sides deliberated on international cooperation in AI governance, policy formulation, and engagement in multilateral fora,” the release added.
As the dialogue concluded, both nations committed to expanding joint research through academic exchanges and collaborative projects. By combining India’s scale with Japan’s reliability, the partnership aims not only to meet domestic development goals but also to set a global benchmark for human-centric AI. (ANI)
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