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ALTHOUGH, HIS RESIGNATION WILL NOT HALT THE UPCOMING INDIA JAPAN SUMMIT
SHINZO ABE
- President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan
- He is the longest-serving Prime Minister in Japanese history.
- Following his previous resignation in 2007, Abe was reelectedin 2012. Since then he has been the dominant force in Japanese politics, winning a landslide third term in 2017 and a fourth in 2019, despite multiple scandals and plummeting popularity.
SHINZO ABE
- Abe comes from a political family. His grandfather NobusukeKishiwas
- PM (1957-60), then his father ShintaroAbe was Foreign Minister (1982-86).
- EisakuSato, his great-uncle, who served as PM for 2,798 days during 1964-72
SHINZO ABE INDIA
- In his first stint in 2006-07, Abe visited India and addressed Parliament.
- During his second stint, he visited India thrice (January 2014, December 2015, September 2017) —the most visits by any Japanese PM.
VISIONARY LEADER
- Abe initiated the Quadrilateral Security Dialoguebetween Japan, the United States, Australia and India in 2007.
DETAILS
- In August 2007, when Abe visited India for the first time as PM, he delivered the now-famous “Confluence of the Two Seas” speech —laying the foundation for his concept of Indo-Pacific. This concept has now become mainstream and one of the main pillars of India-Japan ties.
2014 REPUBLIC DAY
- He was the first Japanese PM to be Chief Guest at the Republic Day parade in 2014.
ABE MODE ERA
- PM Modi chose Japanfor his first bilateral visit outside the neighbourhood(South Asia), in September 2014.
- Modi and Abe agreed to upgrade the bilateral relationship to “Special Strategic and Global Partnership”. The relationship grew and encompassed issues from civilian nuclear energy to maritime security, bullet trains to quality infrastructure, Act East policy to Indo-Pacific strategy.
INDIA JAPAN NUCLEAR
- When Modi went to Japan in 2014, the Indo-Japan nuclear deal was still uncertain, with Tokyo sensitive about a pact with a non-Nuclear-Proliferation-Treaty member country.
- Abe’s government convinced the anti-nuclear hawks in Japan to sign the agreement in 2016. The pact was key to India’s deals with US and French nuclear firms, which were either owned by or had stakes in Japanese firms.
ABE’SVISIONARY CONTRIBUTION
- Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) which will give the Indian Navy access to the Japanese military base in Djibouti and the Japanese Navy access to Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Thisagreementwillbesigned between India and Japan soon
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