India, Oct. 15 -- For Ashok Kapur, chairman of Krisumi Corporation, Japan is more than a business partner's home country. It is a place he has returned to repeatedly over the past 35 years, absorbing lessons in discipline, time management, professional commitment and the value of building relationships that last. Those experiences, combined with his background in the automobile business, helped shape the idea behind Krisumi - a real estate venture bringing Japanese design sensibilities and Indian hospitality to Gurugram.

Krisumi Corporation is a joint venture between Japan's Sumitomo Corporation and India's Krishna Group. Its integrated development, Krisumi City, in Sector 36A along the Dwarka Expressway, seeks to translate the Indo-Japa...