<p>Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday landed in Tokyo for the first leg of a five-day tour that will also take him to Thailand.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Manmohan Singh, accompanied by National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and other officials, will be in Tokyo for a three-day bilateral visit during which he will hold talks with his counterpart Shinzo Abe.<br /><br />Civil nuclear cooperation talks will be high on the agenda, officials said. <br /><br />Economic and regional and international issues will also figure high in the talks. Discussions on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and the high-speed train are likely to be held. <br /><br />India is likely to seek Japanese investment in various projects, officials said.<br />The prime minister will also discuss energy cooperation, including on frozen seabed gas hydrates, a breakthrough in Japan that India is interested in.<br /><br />The bilateral summit was originally slated to be held November last year but was postponed after Japan decided to go in for elections.<br /><br />"We have been discussing a civil nuclear cooperation agreement and hope to make more progress by end of this year," Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said earlier.<br /><br />The prime minister is also to address Japanese businesspersons where he will <br />"highlight major opportunities in India and seek greater Japanese private sector investment in India", said the foreign secretary.<br /><br />After concluding his Japan visit, the prime minister will also go to Thailand May 30-31 from where he will return home. <br /><br /><br /></p>
<p>Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday landed in Tokyo for the first leg of a five-day tour that will also take him to Thailand.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Manmohan Singh, accompanied by National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and other officials, will be in Tokyo for a three-day bilateral visit during which he will hold talks with his counterpart Shinzo Abe.<br /><br />Civil nuclear cooperation talks will be high on the agenda, officials said. <br /><br />Economic and regional and international issues will also figure high in the talks. Discussions on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and the high-speed train are likely to be held. <br /><br />India is likely to seek Japanese investment in various projects, officials said.<br />The prime minister will also discuss energy cooperation, including on frozen seabed gas hydrates, a breakthrough in Japan that India is interested in.<br /><br />The bilateral summit was originally slated to be held November last year but was postponed after Japan decided to go in for elections.<br /><br />"We have been discussing a civil nuclear cooperation agreement and hope to make more progress by end of this year," Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said earlier.<br /><br />The prime minister is also to address Japanese businesspersons where he will <br />"highlight major opportunities in India and seek greater Japanese private sector investment in India", said the foreign secretary.<br /><br />After concluding his Japan visit, the prime minister will also go to Thailand May 30-31 from where he will return home. <br /><br /><br /></p>