Japan increasingly figures in three contexts in South Asia today. In Bangladesh, the 1,200 MW Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal-Fired Power in the Chittagong division is a path-breaking energy security project. Unlike India and China, the Japanese are never taken in a competitive strategic framework in the South Asian region. The likelihood of realising 3.5 trillion yen public-private investment from Japan in giant Indian next-generation infrastructure like freight and industrial corridors, clean energy, Japan industrial townships and Shinkansens is making South Asia another theatre of action. Besides the soft official development assistance, Japan is everywhere with all the people-centric “human security” projects.

Source: Hindustan Times July 03, 2016 20:48 UTC