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India and Japan are both important players in Asian political scene. During the cold war era, ideological difference and alignment perhaps prevented both countries from closely honing their economic and strategic complementarities. After India liberalized its economic policies in the early 1990s, this equation changed noticeably, and moved towards a stronger relationship in economic and strategic domains. through the growth momentum was not at the desired level-as compared to India’s economic engagement with, for example, China, South Korea and Australia- recent political changes in both the countries is expected to pave the way towards greater cooperation. Moreover, the strategic factor seems to have emerged as the prime driver in the bilateral ties between the two countries.
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