New Delhi, May 3 -- Rajya Sabha MP Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Sunday said India and Japan can take their bilateral partnership "to the next level", highlighting opportunities for deeper cooperation in defence, investments, energy and people-to-people ties.

In a post on X, Shringla said he met Takayuki Kobayashi, Chairperson of the Policy Research Council of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), along with two other senior Japanese lawmakers.

"I had the pleasure of meeting Takayuki Kobayashi-san, Chairperson of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party, along with two other senior Members of Parliament from Japan's LDP," Shringla said.

The meeting was also attended by BJP MPs Arun Singh, Tejasvi Surya and Alok Sharma....