India, Aug. 30 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accompanied by his Japanese counterpart, Shigeru Ishiba, on Saturday travelled to Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, where they visited a leading semiconductor facility.

"In Sendai, the two leaders visited Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd (TEL Miyagi), a leading Japanese company in the semiconductor sector," read the government statement.

Prime Minister Modi was briefed about TEL's role in the global semiconductor value chain, its advanced manufacturing capabilities and its ongoing and planned collaborations with India.

The factory visit gave the leaders a practical understanding of the opportunities that exist between the two countries to forge collaboration in the field of semiconductor supply chain...