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Abstract

The friendship between India and Japan has a long history rooted in spiritual affinity and strong cultural and civilizational ties that has a recorded history of more than 1400 years. In the post-war period, India was one of the first countries to conclude a separate peace treaty with Japan in 1952, after its sovereignty was fully restored following the San Francisco Conference. This marked a new beginning in bilateral ties which for centuries had been singularly free of any kind of dispute – ideological, cultural or territorial. 21^st century signaled a new beginning as both countries raised their bilateral ties to Global Partnership (2000) which was later upgraded to a ‘Strategic and Global Partnership in 2006. Following the successful visit of PM Modi in 2014, the relations had been further elevated to a ‘Special Strategic & Global Partnership” and has been considered as one of the most defining relations that would shape the future of global affairs.

Speakers’ Profile:

Mrs. Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa arrived in Tokyo on 8 August 2012 to take charge as Ambassador of India to Japan. She is also concurrently accredited as Ambassador of India to the Republic of Marshall Islands.

Mrs. Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1979. She has served twice in Beijing (1983 – 1987 and 1992 – 1994) and speaks Mandarin. She has also worked on the Pakistan Desk in the Ministry of External Affairs in the late 80′s. Mrs. Wadhwa has extensive experience with multilateral work and has covered issues like human rights, disarmament, environmental and social issues in the UN. She has also worked for International Labour Organisation (ILO) as head of their International Programme for Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) in New Delhi in 2001.

Mrs. Wadhwa has done postings in Hong Kong, Geneva, and The Hague. She served as the Head of UN division in the Ministry of External Affairs & thereafter was appointed the Ambassador of India to Sweden & Latvia. Prior to taking up her assignment in Japan, Mrs. Wadhwa was Ambassador of India to the State of Qatar (March 2009 – June 2012).