Changing India-Japan Relations in the Post-Cold War Era

Abstract

The end of the Cold War has not only brought about changes at the global level, but has also influenced regional and bilateral relations in a significant way. In Asia, India and Japan are the two important countries affected by such change. Consequently their relations underwent significant changes during the last decade. Whereas Japan made a major shift in its foreign policy from "commercial liberalism" to "reluctant realism", India through its "look east" policy and structural reforms has made new orientations in its policy.'