Kishida pledges $75bn for Indo-Pacific infrastructure on India trip

Japan PM vows support for Global South, invites Modi to G-7 in Hiroshima

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida talk before meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on March 20. © Reuters

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced over $75 billion worth of infrastructure and security assistance for the Indo-Pacific during a visit to India on Monday, throwing his weight behind Indian counterpart Narendra Modi's appeals to support less developed "Global South" countries.

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