Shinzo Abe’s visit puts spotlight on bullet train, renewable energy

Published on 14 Sep, 2017

“With an aim to consolidate its clout within Asia and beyond, Japan has been aggressively pursuing the Partnership for Quality Infrastructure in Asia (PQI) initiative. This was essentially meant as a counter to China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative. There are strong synergies between PQI and India’s Act-East policy,” said Kannan Sivasubramanian, co-chief executive officer at Aranca, a research and advisory firm.