Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath received an influential eight-member team from Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture in Lucknow on Wednesday. Led by Deputy Governor Junichi Ishidora, the delegation’s visit highlighted burgeoning opportunities in bilateral engagement.
The session, marked by warmth and positivity, delved into the fortified India-Japan strategic framework under PM Narendra Modi, alongside UP-Yamanashi’s collaborative potential. CM Yogi extended a hearty welcome, underscoring that these relations are deeply embedded in shared ethos of confidence, orderliness, creativity, and enduring growth.
He reaffirmed UP’s all-out commitment to ground-level execution of this vision. Key deliberations centered on operationalizing the landmark 2024 MoU, which catalyzes joint endeavors in green hydrogen, innovation ecosystems, capacity upliftment, and sustainable manufacturing.
CM Yogi illuminated UP’s green hydrogen ecosystem, featuring excellence centers for cutting-edge research and training. The policy framework—UP Green Hydrogen Policy-2024—delivers investor certainty through its open, reliable mechanisms, with UPEDA at the helm.
The commercial kickoff of the YEIDA green hydrogen pilot was celebrated as a triumph. The visitors effusively appreciated UP’s clean energy momentum and signaled intent for broader partnerships.
Enriching the conversation were insights into civilizational links, particularly Buddhist trails and tourism networks to enhance interpersonal bonds. Optimistic, the CM predicted a robust future trajectory, fueling progress in renewables, industry, R&D, and cultural dialogues.