New Delhi, May 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed and interacted with over 700 members of the Indian diaspora in Japan on Monday.

Before the event, the Prime Minister met with Japanese indologists, sportspersons, and cultural artists who are contributing to promoting cultural and people-to-people exchanges between India and Japan.

Modi also met Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardees in Japan. Indian diaspora in Japan is over 40,000.

He appreciated the Indian community members for their skills, talent and entrepreneurship and their connection with the motherland.

He also highlighted the various socio-economic developments and reform initiatives in India in recent years, particularly in the domains of infrastructure, governance, gr...