Embassy of India
Tokyo
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Press Release
India-Japan Partnership: Collaboration in Media & Entertainment Sector
18 March 2025
Embassy of India, Tokyo, organized an event on “India-Japan Partnership: Collaboration in Media & Entertainment Sector” on 18 March 2025.
- The purpose of this event was to explore potential collaborations in the Media & Entertainment (M&E) sector and to serve as a curtain raiser for the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) Summit which will be organized from 01-04 May 2025 in Mumbai.
- The program included welcome remarks by Mr. R. Madhu Sudan, Charge d’Affaires (Cd’A), address by Mr. Sanjay Jaju, Secretary Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, Mr. Kazuya Nakajo, Executive Vice President, Japan External Trade Organization, Mr. Masana Ezawa, and Deputy Director-General, Commerce and Services Industry Policy Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry. This was followed by detailed presentation on WAVES 2025 by Mr. Achal Malhotra, CEO (WAVES), as well presentations by Mr Hitoshi SAKAGAMI, Managing Director of Tokyo International Film Festival and Mr Yoshihiro Shimizu, Vice President of Association of Japanese Animation.
- Cd’A Mr. R. Madhu Sudan noted that the media & entertainment sector presents immense opportunities for the India-Japan Special Strategic & Global Partnership. Mr. Sanjay Jaju, Secretary Information & Broadcasting, highlighted that Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid out vision for the first WAVES Summit 2025, and invited Japanese government and private sector to participate across the four pillars of the summit, as well as in the WAVES Bazaar. Mr Kazuya Nakajo of Japan External Trade Organization focused on the opportunities presented by the large Indian market for Japanese animation and digital entertainment companies. Mr. Ezawa emphasized that the market size of Japan’s content industry is approximately 13 trillion yen in 2022, making it the third largest in the world. In addition, it was noted that the content industry is positioned as a core industry in Japan.
- Detailed presentation by CEO(WAVES) helped the audience understand the program and agenda of WAVES 2025 including key highlights such as Prime Minister’s Roundtable with CEOs, the Global Media Dialogue, Thought Leaders Track, WAVES Exhibition, Bharat Pavilion, WAVES Bazaar, WaveXcelerator, WAVES Culturals, among others. Other presentations by Association of Japanese Animation and Tokyo International Film Festival also explored focus areas of Japanese animation and films sectors.
- The event concluded with a networking event attended by participants from key Japanese media and entertainment sector companies.
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