Japanese yen
If you change 100 Indian rupees into Japanese currency today, then you will get about 168 Japanese yen (JPY). That is, 1 Indian rupee is equal to 1.68 yen. This difference was different till a few years ago. In 2010, 1 rupee was equal to about 1.8 yen, but since then the situation has changed in the global currency market of both Indian rupees and Japanese yen.
Japan’s economy is stable while India’s economy is growing rapidly, but at this time the rupee has weakened slightly against the dollar. At the same time, the yen has also weakened due to continuous economic challenges in Japan.
PM Modi’s visit to Japan, starts big changes?
Now the question is, why does the value of currency only matter? Because there is hidden behind the currency, the country’s strength, investment, business and story of global relations and when it comes to India and Japan, this relationship is not limited to only money and yen. It has become a strategic partnership which is now spread to technology, security, energy and business.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a tour of Japan from today. This is his eighth visit to Japan. He has participated in the 15th India-Japan annual summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Japan will invest 10 trillion yen (about 68 billion dollars) in India in the next 10 years. This investment will be made in modern areas such as AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Semiconductor, which will give a new direction to India’s technical power and manufacturing capacity.
Japan: 5th largest investor in India
Japan has already invested heavily in India. In 2022, Japan promised an investment of 5 trillion yen ($ 42 billion) in India. Now in 2025 the figure has reached 10 trillion yen, which shows that Japan considers India as a reliable investment.
India is currently struggling with some business challenges with the US. At such a time, a good relationship with an economically strong country like Japan is getting steps on technical, environmental and strategic fronts with India. Japan is the 5th largest investor in India and both countries have recently made more than 170 agreements, which are more than $ 13 billion, the agreement is in areas such as steel, electric vehicles and green energy.