Tokyo, Aug. 29 -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held talks in Tokyo and issued a joint statement focusing on strengthening security cooperation and economic ties between the two countries.

"We have set a goal of investment of 10 Trillion Yen from Japan in India in the next 10 years. Special emphasis will be laid on connecting India's and Japan's small and medium enterprises and startups," PM Modi said in the joint press conference after bilateral talks.

The sectors of AI, semiconductors, environment and medicine, said the Prime Minister.

The two leaders later held talks as part of the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit, following which both sides exchanged agreements to further str...