Japanese firms may play role in India's financial sector: Kenji Hiramatsu

According to Japanese ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu, trade between India and Japan is in a positive trend

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his two-day visit to Japan from Sunday, Japanese ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu tells Subhayan Chakraborty and Indivjal Dhasmana that there were some initial problems faced by Japanese companies in India, but those were raised with the authorities in a positive way. He says Japanese companies are increasing their contribution to Make in India programme. Edited excerpts

PM’s visit is expected to see defence ties strengthen. What can we expect? Would we have joint naval drills?

The most outstanding progress in our defence cooperation in recent years is the rapid increase of joint exercises. In the