This book aims to examine the scope and potential of India-Japan cooperation factoring infrastructure connectivity and corridors in Indo-Pacific. The volume examines the bilateral, trilateral and multilateral contours of the growing partnership in the backdrop of a rising China that is rapidly changing the geo-political order of the region. The volume examines the scope of India-Japan relations beyond 2025 and evaluates how their common pledge to have a “partnership for prosperity” is not free from challenges. China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the United States’ bilateral-oriented approach towards Asia, and the struggle to successfully conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership without overlooking India’s interest, are testing the character of India-Japan relations which the volume covers at length. Jagannath P. Panda: Dr. Jagannath P. Panda is a Research Fellow and Centre Coordinator for East Asia at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, India. He is an expert on China, East Asia and Indo-Pacific. Dr. Panda is the Series Editor for Routledge Studies on Think Asia. Contents Foreword Preface xiii Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations 1. India-Japan Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: A Primer Jagannath P. Panda PART - I Connectivity, Corridors and Contours: The Inter-Continental Context 2. Framing a Eurasia Link in India-Japan Global Ties Jagannath P. Panda and Mrittika Guha Sarkar 3. Innovation, Value Chain and Structural Linkages in Asia-Africa Growth Corridor Srabani Roy Choudhury PART – II Bilateral Perceptions and Strategic Significance: Resources and Technology 4. Infrastructure Connectivity and Corridors in Prime Minister Modi’s Japan Policy K.V. Kesavan 5. Connectivity and Corridors in Shinzo Abe’s Indo-Pacific Foreign Policy: 2025 and Beyond Ryohei Kasai 6. Technology and Resource Imperatives in India-Japan Relations A.D. Gnanagurunathan 7. Role of Forums and Institutional Mechanisms in the India-Japan Partnership of Prosperity Shamshad A. Khan PART – III Financing Projects and Policies: The Economic Imperatives 8. The Asian Context: Chinese Economy and India-Japan Ties Raviprasad Narayanan 9. Prospects of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Initiatives and India-Japan Partnership Takashi Terada 10. Infrastructure Financing and Institutional Statecraft: Japan’s Role in India’s Modernisation Titli Basu 11. Infrastructure Investment: EPQI, BRI and the Emerging Asian Contest Amrita Jash PART – IV Infrastructure and Maritime Congruence in Indo-Pacific 12. India-Japan Strategic Partnership: Imperatives for Ensuring ‘Good Order at Sea’ in the Indo-Pacific Abhay Kumar Singh 13. Chabahar: The Fault-line in India-Japan Infrastructure Cooperation Kenta Aoki 14 China’s Maritime Policy in the Bay of Bengal: How does it Affect India’s and Japan’s Maritime Interests? Takuya Shimodaira 15. India and Japan in Bay of Bengal: Strategic Convergence to Maritime Security Madhuchanda Ghosh Index