As India and Japan celebrate 70 years of cultural and civilisational bedrock of their diplomatic relations, this volume delineates the past to the present, and proffers a vision for the future. Commemorating the traditional areas of cooperation, it redefines the contours and components of bilateralism, and it offers a glimpse of existing and emerging areas of cooperation, enabling them to “Build Beyond the Bilateral”. Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction Srabani Roy Choudhury, ShahanaThankachan and ParulBakshi 2. FromCivilisational to Strategic Partnership: Walking the Road Mithilesh Kumar Singh 3. The Soft Power Equation: Delineating the Dynamics Asmita Chandra and Aishwarya Sahay 4. Securing the Partnership: Lock, Stock, and Barrel Shahana Thankachan 5. Securing the Seas: Assessing the Evolving Maritime Cooperation Nabam Tunia 6. Economic Engagement: Tracing the Trajectory Swati Arora 7. Fostering Connectivity: Collaborating in the Indo-Pacific Chandrali Sarkar 8. Expanding Boundaries: Cyberspace and Outer Space Makaranda Barik 9. Mapping the Multilateral Engagements: United Nations, G20, and the East Asia Summit Ashish Kumar Thakur 10. Energising the Cooperation: Renewable Energy Transitions in the Power Sector Parul Bakshi 11. The New Frontiers: Endless Opportunities Srabani Roy Choudhury Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 Appendix 6 Appendix 7 Index About the Author: Srabani Roy Choudhury • SahanaThankachan • ParulBakshi Dr Srabani Roy Choudhury, Professor, Japanese Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Dr ShahanaThankachan, Visiting Professor, University of Navarra, Spain Parul Bakshi, Doctoral Candidate, Japanese Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi