The Indo-Pacific is a politico-economic region that has become very vibrant, dynamic and at the same time is in a state of flux of emerging relations between nations. This has been the case since the second decade of the 21st century because of various factors. India and Japan have also become key players in the region and are beginning to seek each other out with a renewed perception of each other, largely because of the changed circumstances. This is the organizing premise of this edited volume that has a collection of 13 articles.
The book is divided into two parts: perspectives from India comprising eight chapters, and perspectives from Japan comprising five chapters. The contributors range from Emeritus Professors to research scholars in the field, all of them making a case for strengthening bilateral relations between India and Japan in the emerging circumstances. Harsh V Pant and Madhuchanda Ghosh, the editors of this book, in their introductory chapter as well as in their individual chapters have traced the relations between these two countries and their contours over the years, and have identified the challenges and the