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Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said India and Japan will undertake joint projects for digital transformation in the areas of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and eco-friendly mobility. Further, he said India has always placed the Indo-Pacific at the heart of its engagement with the countries of Southeast and East Asia under India's Act East Policy.

He mentioned India’s intense support towards cooperation with Japan in the sector of highways development, administration, and monitoring with the implementation of digital technology-enabled ITS services.

He stated the Indo-Japan Joint Working Group (JWG) will function together providing the best road infrastructure for commuters and freight movement and helping India achieve its sustainable transport goals. The Japan-India Association was set up in 1903, and is now the oldest international friendship body in Japan. Bilateral ties have been singularly free of any kind of dispute - ideological, cultural or territorial.