State Minister Ino Attends Japan-India SME Forum

1．Japan-India SME Forum

The Japan-India Joint Vision for the Next Decade was issued at the Japan-India summit meeting during the annual visit of Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, to Japan in August 2025. The vision encourages cooperation between small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by fostering visits of Japanese SMEs to India, expanding downstream industries and launching the Japan-India SME Forum as part of the Next Generation Economic Partnership.

The Japan-India SME Forum was organized jointly by METI, the Embassy of India, JCCI and JETRO with the aim of implementing the vision. H.E. Ms. Nagma Mohamed Mallick, Ambassador-designate of India to Japan, delivered the inaugural remarks, while Mr. Ishiguro Norihiko, Chairman and CEO of JETRO, and others made speeches.

2．Address by State Minister Ino

In his keynote address, State Minister Ino welcomed the progress in security and economic cooperation between Japan and India under the “Special Strategic and Global Partnership”. Highlighting the announcement of a new target of 10 trillion yen in private investment to India set during the Japan-India summit meeting in August this year, he expressed his hope for promoting regional partnership between the two countries and for the expansion of Japanese SMEs into the Indian market. He also stated that Japan would dispatch an SME business mission accompanied by JCCI to India in December this year, with a view to expanding sectors for economic exchanges and further strengthening the bilateral economic partnership.

Division in Charge

Southwest Asia Office, Trade Policy Bureau