Strategic Lens

Agreements and treaties: India and Japan

First country

Second country

The DESTA database lists 1 trade agreement that includes both countries, the most recent being India Japan (2011).

Benefits

  • BothIndia Japan, signed 2011 and in force since 2011.

Sources: DESTA: Design of Trade Agreements database, version 02_03 (retrieved 25 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • BothThe CEPA is under review, and India has proposed adding more food exports.
  • BothThe India-Japan peace treaty of 1952 was one of Japan's first after the Second World War, and India waived all reparation claims.

Constraints

  • BothPokhran-II in 1998 cut political exchanges and aid for three years.

Sources: Wikipedia: India–Japan relations (revision of 24 September 2026)