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India-Japan hold talks focused on global energy supply chains disruption amid West Asia crisis
May-26-2026

Amid West Asia crisis disrupting global energy supply chains, the Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has held talks with his Japanese counterpart Motegi Toshimitsu focused on economic fallout related to the supply chains disruption. Further, Jaishankar has emphasized the India-Japan special strategic and global partnership saying, the ties between the two nations have a larger implication, larger importance and larger impact.

During the discussion, both sides deliberated on bilateral cooperation, global and regional issues, especially the West Asia crisis and its impact on energy supply chains. Jaishankar suggested that the both nations are impacted by the conflict as both are energy importing and trading nations and have maritime interests. Further, two sides deliberated on issues relating to economic security with Jaishankar describing them as ‘very important’.

In FY24-25, the bilateral trade between two countries reached to $25.17 billion. During the same period, Indian exports to Japan were valued at around $6.25 billion, while imports from Japan were worth around $18.92 billion. India ranks eighteenth in Japan's total trade with 1.4% share, while Japan ranks seventeenth in India's total trade with 2.1% share.

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