Arrangements are being made for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Japan at the end of August for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe soon afterward, possibly on Sept. 1, an Indian government official said.
Modi, who became prime minister in late May, had planned to visit Japan in early July but postponed the trip so his newly formed government could compile its first budget, Japan's (Kyodo) News Agency reported.
During the envisioned summit, the two leaders are expected to discuss the proposed export of Japan's US-2 amphibian search-and-rescue aircraft and shinkansen high-speed rail technology, as well as negotiations over a nuclear power agreement that would enable Japan to export nuclear reactors to energy-hungry India.