India, Japan Deepen AI Partnership, Set Goal to Build Trusted AI Ecosystem

India and Japan issued a joint statement to deepen cooperation in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae agreed to work together to build a safe, secure, trustworthy, inclusive, human-centric, sustainable, accountable, and innovation-driven AI ecosystem. Both countries also pledged to strengthen AI cooperation across the Indo-Pacific and the Global South.

The two leaders agreed to continue the Japan-India AI Cooperation Initiative (JAI) and hold regular India-Japan AI Strategic Dialogues after the first dialogue held in April 2026. They also welcomed the outcomes of the New Delhi AI Impact Summit and committed to working together on international AI governance, AI safety, cybersecurity, and responsible AI development through platforms such as the G20, OECD, Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), the United Nations, and the Hiroshima AI Process.

India and Japan decided to strengthen cooperation on AI infrastructure, including data centres, GPUs, compute resources, semiconductors, and secure AI supply chains. They will also jointly assess opportunities and risks across the AI technology stack and support resilient, energy-efficient AI infrastructure under the FOIP Digital Corridor Initiative.

Both countries will expand collaboration between governments, industry, and academic institutions on multilingual, open-source, domain-specific, and vertical AI models. They welcomed new agreements between IIT Bombay, BharatGen Technology Foundation, and National Institute of Informatics (NII/ROIS) for large language model (LLM) research, between Sarvam and Preferred Networks, and between India AI and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to support AI companies.

The joint statement also focuses on AI research, scientific discovery, talent development, and industry partnerships. India and Japan reaffirmed their goal, announced during the India-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue in January 2026, to invite 500 highly skilled AI professionals from India to Japan by 2030 while promoting joint research, internships, employment opportunities, and industry-academia collaboration.

The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the ‘AI for All’ vision to ensure AI supports inclusive and sustainable development and improves public service delivery. They also agreed to work with like-minded countries on AI capacity building, technical assistance, and knowledge sharing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Japan’s announcement that it will host the AI Summit at the earliest opportunity.