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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he had a warm conversation with Japan’s new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, and congratulated her on assuming office. In a post on X, PM Modi wrote, “Had a warm conversation with Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan. Congratulated her on assuming office and discussed our shared vision for advancing the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, with focus on economic security, defence cooperation and talent mobility.” The Prime Minister added, “We agreed that stronger India–Japan ties are vital for global peace, stability and prosperity.” Had a warm conversation with Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan. Congratulated her on assuming office and discussed our shared vision for advancing the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, with focus on economic security, defence cooperation and talent… — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 29, 2025 The exchange marks the first conversation between the two leaders since Takaichi took office, underlining both nations’ commitment to deepening strategic and economic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female Prime Minister on October 21 in a parliamentary vote that handed her a majority in the lower house, pushing the benchmark Nikkei to records. Takaichi, a fiscal dove who vowed to close a gender gap in the top echelons of politics, has finalised plans for Satsuki Katayama to be the first woman in the key post of finance minister at a time of worry about rising prices and slow growth. “Japan now faces grave internal and external challenges, and we have no time to stand still,” Takaichi said at her inaugural press conference as Prime Minister. A former economic security and interior minister, Takaichi has repeatedly referred to Britain’s late leader Margaret Thatcher as a source of inspiration, citing her strong character and convictions coupled with her “womanly warmth”. She said she met the conservative Thatcher, a divisive figure in British politics known as “the Iron Lady”, at a symposium shortly before Thatcher’s death in 2013. Like Thatcher, Takaichi’s relatively humble background, her mother was a police officer, and her father worked at a car company, stands out in a party where many leaders hail from elite political families. A long-time advocate of the late prime minister Shinzo Abe’s “Abenomics” stimulus policies, she has called for higher spending and tax cuts and pledged to reassert government sway over the Bank of Japan. ALSO READ | ‘Great Respect For PM Modi’: Donald Trump Says Trade Deal With India Soon
