On 29th July 2024, Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the Minister of External Affairs of India visited Japan and meet his Japanese counterpart Kamikawa Yoko where they discussed about the bilateral relations and Dr. S Jaishankar highlighted that Japan-India Special Strategic Global Partnership marked the 10th anniversary. Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko opined that “as the world is at a turning point in history, Japan seeks to further work with India, an important partner in “co-creating” new solutions through dialogue and collaboration, and to further strengthen cooperation between the two countries”.1 This visit was followed by the Japan-Australia-India-U.S. (Quad) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting where all the four countries reaffirmed their commitment and efforts to preserve the international order as well as work on challenges which they faced in the region of Indo-Pacific and beyond.2 The relationship between India and Japan is that of a ‘Special Strategic and Global Partnership’ which has evolved over a period of time with the year of 2022 being 70 years of diplomatic relations. This relationship took a turn in the late 2000s with China’s rise which was one of the common concerns for India and Japan. Another reason that India and Japan aimed to strengthen their efforts in the sea lanes of communication was to work peacefully and effectively in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond which was facing threats due to Chinese aggression. 2012 onwards, the relationship took another turn when Prime Minister Abe decided to opening address and deal with Chinese aggression as seen in the Project Syndicate. Further, the bonhomie between Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abe took the relationship to a deeper meaning with greater scope of strategic cooperation as both the countries started to strengthen their defence relations in 2021 through the first “2+2” ministerial discussion. One of the most recent developments which took place was in March 2022, when Japanese Prime Minister Kishida visited India gave his speech “the Future of the Indo-Pacific— Japan’s New Plan for a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ — ‘Together with India, as an Indispensable Partner” at Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) gave this relationship a greater push to work on stronger cooperation. The paper will briefly high the importance landmarks in the relationship between India and Japan and, highlight the areas of cooperation for future endeavours.