India, July 5 -- With the US seemingly edging out of the Quad, is there a case for a Triad in the making between India, Australia and Japan? This could be a defining grouping in the Indo-Pacific.

The India-Japan annual summit was first held in 2006. It got elevated to a Global and Strategic Partnership as the two leaders agreed to hold the annual summit yearly in each other's capitals. The 16th edition of the India-Japan annual summit was held in New Delhi last week and will prove to be a watershed event. A vibrant relationship between Prime Minister Modi and the late Shinzo Abe steered this partnership to new heights. In fact, Prime Minister's "Little Sister" remark for PM Takaichi is seemingly an outcome of those ties.

Takaichi's visi...