New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- "Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday embarked on his two-day visit to Japan for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit, saying that his trip will focus on shaping the next phase of ties between New Delhi and Tokyo.

PM Narendra Modi, who will be in Japan from 29 August to 30 August, will meet the country's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba where the two leaders will focus on further bolstering relationship between the two countries.

"During my visit, we would focus on shaping the next phase in our Special Strategic and Global Partnership, which has made steady and significant progress over the past eleven years," PM Modi said in his departing note.

The two leaders will strive to give "new wings" to the India-Japan rel...