Archive · 24 Aug 2026
India and Japan Push AI, Semiconductor Manufacturing Partnership
India and Japan want to work more closely on important technologies and factories.
India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal is taking a large business group to Japan.
The group will visit Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka over four days.
They will discuss computer chips, artificial intelligence, clean energy, and better cars.
Indian and Japanese officials will explore making products together and sharing technology.
In Nagoya, the group will meet companies connected to cars and high-quality steel.
In Osaka, Indian officials will seek more Japanese investment in India.
The larger goal is to make supply chains stronger and create new manufacturing centers.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal is leading India’s largest-ever business delegation to Japan starting Monday, August 24.
The four-day mission will focus on semiconductors, artificial intelligence, clean energy, and advanced automotive design.
More than 200 delegates will meet Japanese officials, business groups, and manufacturers in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.
India and Japan aim to develop joint production, technology transfer, co-development hubs, and resilient supply chains.
The Osaka roadshow will seek Japanese investment in Indian electronics, industrial machinery, and clean energy manufacturing.
- Who
- India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, a 200-plus member Indian business delegation, and Japanese officials and business groups.
- What
- A four-day India-Japan business mission focused on joint manufacturing, technology transfer, investment, and resilient supply chains.
- When
- Starting Monday, August 24, for four days.
- Where
- Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, Japan.
- Why
- To expand cooperation and investment in semiconductors, artificial intelligence, clean energy, advanced automotive design, electronics, and industrial machinery.
- Delegation size
- More than 200 members
- Mission duration
- Four days
- First stop
- Tokyo
- Manufacturing focus
- Semiconductors, artificial intelligence, clean energy, and advanced automotive design
- Business group
- Keidanren represents more than 1,500 major Japanese enterprises
- Nagoya focus
- Automotive and high-grade steel manufacturing in Aichi Prefecture
- Osaka focus
- Investment in electronics, industrial machinery, and clean energy production in India