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Posted on 12/12/2015 9:25:15 AM PST by entropy12
Japan will build India's first bullet train under a sweeping tally of agreements made following talks in New Delhi Saturday, deepening a partnership Prime Minister Narendra Modi said would "shape the course of Asia".
The Indian premier spoke warmly of his friendship with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the power of their political alliance, after agreeing deals on the $15 bn high-speed train, defence technology and civil nuclear cooperation.
Both Modi and Abe are right-wing nationalists and economic reformers who have forged an unusually close relationship since the Indian leader came to power last year, partly to counter China's growing influence.
"I cannot think of a strategic partnership that can exercise a more profound influence on shaping the course of Asia and our interlinked ocean regions more than ours," the Indian prime minister said after the talks.
"Our remarkable relationship also has a wonderful human touch."
The leaders of Japan and India, Asia's second and third-largest economies, promised to use their alliance to push areas of mutual interest including reform of the UN Security Council, on which both are seeking permanent seats.
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Alarm Over Huge Cuts to Humanities and Social Sciences at Japanese Universities:
"... a June 8 letter from Education Minister Hakubun Shimomura. In it, he encouraged Japan's institutes of higher education to take 'active steps to abolish [these programs]' or convert them to scholastic opportunities in the natural sciences."
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