In the world of debt-trap policy here's an underrated friend of India which offers unconditional financial and technological support to develop key infrastructure like roads, railways, public transport such as metro and electric buses and environmental projects like cleaning of the Ganga river.
India was the first country to receive Japanese Official Development Assistance in 1958. However, it was only in 2003-2004 that India became the topmost recipient of Japanese ODA. Providing ODA is an important tool used by Japan to secure its interests. Consequently India becoming a topmost recipient of Japanese ODA is an indication of its growing importance for Japan. Till the turn of the twenty first century countries like China, Indonesia were among the main recipients of Japanese ODA. In this period, the strategic, political and economic environment in Asia has also undergone drastic changes. In the changed scenario maintaining close relations with India seems to have become an important consideration in Japans foreign policy making.
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