Mumbai, April 22 -- Marking a pivotal shift in Asian technological diplomacy, India and Japan convened the first-ever India-Japan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategic Dialogue in Mumbai on Tuesday.

The high-level meeting sets the stage for a decade of "co-creation," aiming to merge India's massive talent pool and digital public infrastructure with Japan's advanced industrial expertise and hardware precision.

As per MEA's press release, the meeting was co-chaired by Amit A Shukla, Joint Secretary (Cyber Diplomacy) in the Ministry of External Affairs of India, and Hanada Takahiro, Deputy Assistant Minister for Cyber Security at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both sides used the platform to deliberate on expanding strategic collabo...