Japan For Annual Summit, China For SCO Meet News24 –
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-nation visit to Japan and China from August 29 to September 1, 2025. The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday released the schedule of the Prime Minister’s upcoming foreign visit.
At the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, PM Modi will visit Japan from August 29 to 30. He will attend the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit, which makes it his first summit with PM Ishiba and his eighth visit to Japan.
“During the visit, the two Prime Ministers will review the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan, including defense and security, trade and economy, technology and innovation, and people to people exchanges, as well as discuss issues of regional and global importance. The visit will reaffirm the longstanding special bond of friendship between the two countries,” said the MEA.
PM Modi To Visit China
In the second leg of the tour, he will travel to Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. He will participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.
“In the second leg of his visit, at the invitation of the President of China, H.E. Xi Jinping, Prime Minister will travel to China from 31 August to 1 September 2025 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin. On the sidelines of the Summit, Prime Minister is expected to hold bilateral meetings with several leaders attending the Summit,” the MEA added.
Notably, India has been a member of SCO since 2017 and held the presidency of the Council of Heads of State of SCO during 2022-23.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Japan and China from August 29 to September 01, 2025 https://t.co/y7uh6irTGP pic.twitter.com/s1upqvIswi
— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2025
Earlier this week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was on official visit to India and had met PM Modi. During his interaction, he had handed over an invitation from President Xi Jinping for the SCO Summit in Tianjin, China to PM Modi.
“Mr. Wang Yi handed over a message and an invitation from President Xi to the Prime Minister for the SCO Summit being held in Tianjin. He also shared his positive assessment of the bilateral meeting with EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar and the 24th Meeting of the Special Representatives, which he co-chaired with NSA Ajit Doval during his visit,” Prime Minister’s Office stated.