India, Aug. 21 -- LUCKNOW Official protocols took a backseat on Friday at the chief minister's residence, which played host to a heartwarming cultural exchange between Yogi Adityanath and a student delegation from Japan and India. The diplomacy removed linguistic barriers, paved way for smiles, dialogue and a natural bridge of friendship between the cultures of the two nations.

Organised alongside the Uttar Pradesh-Japan investment summit, the interactive session titled - 'A Dialogue with the Future' - brought together 13 students and faculty members from Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture and their counterparts from local Lucknow schools. Yamanashi governor Kotaro Nagasaki was also present.

The interaction offered a glimpse of the future of ...