Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his second day in Japan on Saturday, rode on the bullet train with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and engaged with Indian train operators in training with the East Japan Railway Company.
The two leaders were on their way to Sendai city. Posting moments from the trip on X (formerly Twitter), Japanese Prime Minister wrote, "With Prime Minister Modi to Sendai. Picking up from last night, I will be with you in the car."
Both leaders witnessed the high-tech ALFA-X train from the window during the ride. They also received a briefing on the bullet train network from the chairman of East Japan Railway Company, JR East. Ishiba also posted some photographs later online, captioning, "Watched the new ALFA-X train from the window, with explanation given by JR East chairman."
“Observed the new ALFA-X train from the window, with an explanation provided by the chairman of JR East,” wrote Japanese PM on X as he shared pictures from within the train.
Earlier on Saturday, Modi met with governors of sixteen prefectures of Japan in Tokyo. During the interaction, Modi “highlighted the potential of states-prefectures collaboration and in this regard urged action under the State-Prefecture Partnership Initiative launched during 15th India-Japan Annual Summit for shared progress,” said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal in a post on X.
Sharing pictures from the meet, Modi said, “State-prefecture cooperation is a vital pillar of India-Japan friendship. This is also why a separate initiative on it was launched during the 15th Annual India-Japan Summit yesterday.”
'There is immense scope to cooperate in areas like trade, innovation, entrepreneurship and more. Futuristic sectors like Startups, tech and AI too can be beneficial," he added.
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