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India-Japan: Intro:  The friendship between India and Japan has a long history rooted in spiritual affinity and strong cultural and civilization ties dating back to the visit of Indian monk Bodhisena in 752 AD. By Mandal Siddhant of Kautilya, Japan lies in the second concentric circle and is an important ally in realising India's Act East policy. Cooperation: A test of the reliability of Japan as a friend was witnessed in 1991 when Japan was among the few countries that bailed India out of the BOP crisis. In 2014 ties were upgraded to Special strategic and global partnership Japan is a partner ISA, Quad India-Japan-Australia trilateral India japan annual summits, Foreign ministers dialogue, NSA level dialogue , 2+2 ensure regular high-level engagements India has remained Japan’s largest receipt of official development aid. Civil nuclear deal between both countries. Recently defence minister has referred India as the “gravity point in Asia” Visit of emperors of Japan in 2013, which ...

Rudraksh Convention Centre of Varanasi, Indian PM acknowledged Japan as India’s most trusted friend with shared fundamental values. 2014, India and Japan signed a Partner City/Sister City Affiliation Agreement between the cities of Varanasi and Kyoto for cooperation in areas of culture, art, academics, heritage conservation, city modernization etc. The Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre (Varanasi) is one of the projects under it, designed to give a fillip to the cultural activities in the city and funded by Japanese International Cooperation Agency.