Surajit Majumdar
Volume-XIII, Issue-II, January 2025
Volume-XIII, Issue-II, January 2025 | ||
Published Online: 31.01.2025 | Page No: 68-74 | |||
Constructing
Alliances: Media Narratives, India-Japan Relations and the China Dimension
Surajit
Majumdar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science,
Sundarban Mahavidyalaya, Kakdwip, India | |
India belongs to South-Asia and Japan is another country in Southeast Asia. A good relationship between them started in the sixth century. The medium of this relationship there was Buddhist religion and culture and those aspects, which led both countries towards stronger development. In the aftermath of World War II, an India-Japan bilateral relations agreement was signed. It then commits to helping both in the fields of finance, defence, trade and culture. The joint progress of India and Japan in the Pacific region, the unnecessary aggression mentality of the US and China is becoming increasingly dangerous in the relations between India and Japan. However, the media has an important role to play in promoting the mutual relations between India, Japan and China in front of the whole world. Although China is on the path of free-economy, their news does not come out much. There media is controlled by the government. But India and Japan believe in more freedom and liberality than China when it comes to media usage. In that case, the media of the three countries continue to play their role in any discussion, be it political or academic, to highlight the deepening of India-Japan relations to the world, above all China's aggression in it. India-to-day can be mentioned among the first class media in India. whose print and digital-driven media mainly highlight the positive aspects of India-Japan relations. For example: “Japan is recasting its national security vision in the face of an aggressive China. India must inject strategic content into ties during 2+2 dialogue” [The Indian Express on 06/09/2022.] Japan has also seen heightened exposure to its own print and digital media. Some notable such media in Japan are the Japan Times, Asahi Shimbun, respectively, apart from their TV and various digital media. Those who observe India-Japan relations wherever China has come, India's relations with its neighbors have hit rock bottom. In that case, how the media can influence India-Japan relations will be highlighted in the main research paper with information. | |
Keywords: India, Japan, relationship, print and digital media, China, aggression mentality, free-economy, government. |