Japan, India Plan to Establish AI Cooperation Framework; Ishiba, Modi Set to Agree During Talks on Friday

The Yomiuri Shimbun

17:31 JST, August 26, 2025

The Japanese and Indian governments intend to establish a new framework for cooperation to promote joint research and the mutual exchange of personnel in AI, according to Japanese government sources.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will visit Japan on Friday and Saturday, will likely reach an agreement on the issue during their meeting on Friday.

Modi is expected to make arrangements to invite Ishiba to an international conference on AI to be held in India in February next year.

The new framework will be called the “Japan-India AI cooperation initiative.” Amidst the competition to develop AI among the United States, China and other countries, the aim is to promote cooperation between Japan and India in this field.

The joint research is expected to involve cooperation on developing large language models. These are the foundation of AI technology, which learns large amounts of text data to predict the probability of word sequences.

The initiative also plans to facilitate exchanges of young researchers and students in the field of AI, and support the development and operation of data centers in India.

To achieve safe, trustworthy AI technology, the two countries will also collaborate on the formation of international rules governing AI.

Japan is leading the Hiroshima AI Process, international rules agreed upon by the Group of Seven advanced nations, and it intends to urge India to cooperate with the international regulations.