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NARENDRA MODI

Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2016
India eyes Japan nuclear deal as ties deepen on Modi visit
India says it's edging closer to a nuclear pact with Japan, which would open up one of the world's fastest expanding power markets to vendors struggling for growth after the Fukushima disaster.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 5, 2016
Modi and Abe are at the nuclear altar again
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan for a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Nov. 11 and 12, and it is expected they will finally seal the deal on an elusive civil nuclear cooperation accord. When Abe visited India last year there was widespread speculation that the agreement would...
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 31, 2016
India's Modi expresses concern over Australia bus death
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over the death of an Indian-origin bus driver killed by an incendiary device thrown into his bus in Brisbane, Australia, last week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2016
At BRICS summit, Modi accuses Pakistan of being 'mother-ship of terrorism'
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi branded Pakistan a "mother-ship of terrorism" at a summit of the BRICS nations on Sunday, testing the cohesion of a group whose heavyweight member China is a close ally of its South Asian archrival.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2016
China and India battle on a nuclear playing field
China is trying to block India's admission into the Nuclear Suppliers Group, whose members can trade in and export nuclear technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2016
Obama, Modi praise prep work on six-reactor deal in India
U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed the start of preparatory work on six nuclear reactors in India, a key step in closing the first deal stemming from a U.S.-India civil nuclear accord struck over a decade ago.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2016
Once Asia's rising stars, Modi and Jokowi struggling to keep momentum
Two years back, they were the most promising leaders in Asia, set to revamp a pair of perennial underperformers that account for a fifth of the world's population.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2016
When drama undercut diplomacy
If the Modi government wants history to stop repeating itself, it must develop a credible counterterrorism strategy vis-a-vis Pakistan.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2016
India yet again feels the wrath of terrorism
India's government has failed to develop a cohesive counterterrorism strategy and is hamstringing its military to a dangerous degree.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2016
Modi's surprise Christmas Day visit to Pakistan
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again shows his talent for the spectacular with an impromptu stopover in Pakistan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 26, 2015
Modi makes sudden stopoff, meets Pakistan leader Sharif
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise stopover in Pakistan on Friday to meet his counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, the first time an Indian premier has visited the rival nation in over a decade.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2015
And the winner of the Nude Emperor Award is . . .
Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Jack Ma star in our awards for the most inept, self-interested and narcissistic people of 2015.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2015
Youngest member of gang involved in 2012 Delhi bus rape incident handed over to NGO
After a court refused to extend his three-year sentence, the youngest of six people convicted of the 2012 gang rape of a woman was freed Sunday, a lawyer said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2015
Restarting India's faltering economic revolution
If Narendra Modi makes tough decisions in leading his country forward, the 21st century might end up being the Indian Century. But if so, he can't delay much longer in putting his words into action.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 14, 2015
Abe-Modi deals shows Asia's top powers moving to keep rising China in check
India and Japan took their biggest steps yet to deepen strategic ties, and it's mostly thanks to China.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2015
India clears Japan's bid for first bullet train ahead of Abe trip
India's Cabinet has cleared a $14.7 billion Japanese proposal to build its first bullet train line, an Indian government minister and official said on Thursday, one of India's biggest foreign investments in its infrastructure sector.

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