<P> In October 2008, Japan signed an agreement with India under which it would grant the latter a low - interest loan worth US $4.5 billion to construct a high - speed rail line between Delhi and Mumbai . This is the single largest overseas project being financed by Japan and reflects growing economic partnership between the two . India and Japan signed a security co-operation agreement in which both will hold military exercises, police the Indian Ocean and conduct military - to - military exchanges on fighting terrorism, making India one of only three countries, the other two being the United States and Australia, with which Japan has such a security pact . There are 25,000 Indians in Japan as of 2008 . </P> <P> In recent years, India has endeavoured to build relations, with this small Southeast Asian nation . They have strong military relations, and India shall be building an Airforce Academy in Laos . </P> <P> India has a high commission in Kuala Lumpur, and Malaysia has a high commission in New Delhi . Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations and the Asian Union . India and Malaysia are also connected by various cultural and historical ties that date back to antiquity . The two countries are on friendly terms with each other and Malaysia harbours a small population of Indian immigrants . Mahathir bin Mohamad the fourth and longest serving Prime Minister of Malaysia is of Indian origin . His father Mohamad Iskandar, is a Malayalee Muslim who migrated from Kerala and his mother Wan Tampawan, is a Malay . </P> <P> India and Nauru relations have been established since the island nation's independence in 1968 . Leaders of both countries have been meeting on the sidelines of some of the international forums of which both the nations are part of such as the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement . India is one of the largest donors to the island by improving the education ministry and creating transportation and computer connections for the MPs and the Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru . There were numerous visits by the President of Nauru to the republic for further strengthen in ties and co-operation . </P>

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