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H E Koji OMI, Mr Yutaka Kikuta, Mr Takayuki Shirao, Mr Toru Kukaya, Mr Naoyoshi Noguchi and Mr Kazuhisa Yoshida called on the VIF’s faculty for an interaction on ‘India-Japan Relations: the Way Ahead’. The delegation interacted across a wide range of bilateral and regional issues with a three-member VIF’s panel comprising General NC Vij, Director, VIF, Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney, Dean, Centre for Defence Studies, and Mr Vikas Khitha, Head of Business Development of Larsen & Toubro Limited. While reviewing progress in the bilateral relations over the past few years, the interaction also focused on improving defence and technological cooperation, managing the rise of China, and building up cooperation on solar energy, ship building, agriculture, and education, among others elements of soft power.