Piyush Goyal to Lead India’s Largest Business Delegation to Japan as New Delhi Targets Deeper Trade and Investment Ties

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit Japan from August 24 to 27, 2026, leading a delegation of more than 200 business representatives in what is being described as India’s largest-ever business delegation to the country. The four-day visit will cover Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka and is aimed at accelerating Japanese investment in India while expanding cooperation in advanced manufacturing and emerging technologies.

The delegation brings together companies from manufacturing, semiconductors, clean energy, steel, automobiles, financial services, healthcare and the startup ecosystem. In Tokyo, Goyal is scheduled to meet senior executives of major Japanese corporations and participate in a round-table with Keidanren, the Japan Business Federation representing more than 1,500 leading companies. Separate engagements will focus on semiconductors, artificial intelligence, startups and foreign institutional investment.

Goyal will also hold bilateral discussions with Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akazawa Ryosei and interact with senior members of the Japanese government and Parliament. The programme will then move to Nagoya, one of Japan’s major industrial centres, where the Indian delegation will engage with the Central Japan Economic Federation, the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Aichi Prefecture officials and companies from the automotive and steel sectors.

The final leg in Osaka will include an investors and business roadshow as well as meetings with Japanese companies operating in electronics, industrial manufacturing and consumer industries. India is expected to showcase opportunities arising from its expanding domestic market, manufacturing programmes, clean-energy transition and growing demand for advanced technologies.

Japan already has a substantial industrial presence in India, particularly in automobiles, steel, electronics, infrastructure and financial services. The unusually large business delegation signals an effort to move the relationship further toward high-technology manufacturing, semiconductor cooperation and next-generation industries while attracting additional Japanese capital and technology into India.