India-Japan: Developmental Partnership for Bridging Divides

While India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership is positioning itself as a stabilizing force in the Indo-Pacific amid contested values, ideologies and rules- based order, this bilateral partnership has succeeded in incubating innovative ideas and translating them into strategic solutions in the post-Covid world. As India is increasingly framed in the narrative of G3 anchored on its demographic dividend, technological and economic prowess, Japan is playing a pivotal role in economic modernization of India. This chapter especially analyses the contribution of this strategic partnership on 3Ds or three verticals including (a) developmental aid (b) digitalization and (c) decarbonization not just at the bilateral level but also at the regional and global level.