During his visit to Japan, from August 31 to September 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hoping to seal several bilateral agreements.

According to diplomatic sources, these will include infrastructural investment for the government’s “smart cities” initiative, with Japan proposing project development agreements on high-speed railways, more industrial corridors, and road-links and rail-links through the north-eastern States to ASEAN countries as well.

 “More than direct investment and sales, we are encouraging Japanese investors to look at co-production projects,” a senior Cabinet official told The Hindu, in line with Mr. Modi’s Independence Day message of “come, make in India.”1

• 1. ref: “'Enlightened national interest' is at core of Modi’s foreign policy mantra"
  http://www.thehindu.com/sunday-anchor/enlightened-national-interest-is-at-core-of-modis-foreign-policy-mantra/article6115254.ece