Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upon his arrival at AFS Palam in New Delhi on Friday, December 11, 2015. (Press Trust of India photo)
The India-Japan strategic relationship "will contribute to peace and prosperity in Asia and the world" and both countries should step up cooperation in science and technology,
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said today.
"Indo-Japanese relations will contribute to peace and prosperity in Asia and the world," Mr Abe, who arrived in New Delhi on an official visit, said while addressing the Japan-India Innovation Seminar.
"India and Japan should sow more seeds of innovation and make them bloom," he said recalling that the previous edition of the seminar had also coincided with his visit.
"Japan values scientific and technical cooperation with India, a culture that has discovered the 'zero' and with such a fine tradition in mathematics," Mr Abe added.