File photo of Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh has become the second Indian after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the fourth person ever to be followed by Japanese PM Shinzo Abe on Twitter.
As part of the Twitter diplomacy, Mr Singh followed Mr Abe back. The Japanese Prime Minister is now the first non-Indian to be followed by Mr Singh on Twitter. Till now, Mr Singh was following only four people on the micro-blogging site.
"Now following the Prime Minister of Japan Mr @AbeShinzo on Twitter. #modiinjapan" Mr Singh tweeted this morning.
The bonhomie on Twitter comes amidst PM Modi's five-day visit to Japan. When Mr Modi and Mr Abe hold summit talks today in Tokyo, the two countries are expected to discuss Japan's help in improving India's infrastructure, particularly the railways, and cleaning of river Ganga.
PM Modi was only the third person that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe followed on Twitter, after his wife and a politician from that country.
The two leaders, both right-wing nationalists elected on a pledge to revive their countries' economies, share an interest in shoring up regional alliances to counter an increasingly assertive China.