India–Japan relations

India–Japan relations (Hindi: भारत जापान सम्बंध, romanized: Bharat Japan sambandh; Japanese: 日印関係, romanized: Nitchiin kankei) have traditionally been strong. The people of India and Japan have engaged in cultural exchanges, primarily as a result of Buddhism, since ancient times. The people of India and Japan are guided by common cultural traditions, including the shared heritage of Buddhism, and share a strong commitment to the ideals of democracy, tolerance, pluralism, and open societies.



Quotes

 * I cannot but bring to your mind those days when the whole of Eastern Asia, from Burma to Japan was united with India in the closest ties of friendship...
 * Rabindranath Tagore, Essays, Nationalism in Japan, Atlantic Publishers & Dist, 2007 p.471, and quoted in A Look at India From the Views of Other Scholars, by Stephen Knapp