title: Japan-India Relations in the Light of India's Look-East Policy: Strengthening the Kizuna
abstract: Japan and India have long historical ties, which date back to the times when the monk, Bodhisena went to Japan and Buddhism spread in that country from the land of its birth, India, However, the two countries veered off during the period of the Cold War as they were on the opposite sides of the divide - Japan is an ally of the United States while India was close to the erstwhile Soviet Union. That, however, did not prevent India from supplying iron ore to Japan in the period after the end of the
journal: International Journal of East Asian Studies