People in Japan jubilant over Modi’s re-election as PM; distribute Jalebis, Samosas

Tokyo. In a clear manifestation of the fact that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a global leader with his ardent fans spread all over the world, the Indian community in Japan too celebrated Modi’s recent re-election as India’s Prime Minister and distributed sweets there.

The Indians staying and working in Japan have all the admirations for as well as expectations from Modi whose party swept recent Lok Sabha elections and emerged undisputed leader of the masses in India.

Modi’s fans also include Japanese nationals as well for whom Modi is a strong leader.

Ryutaro Sakurai, a resident of Tokyo said, “I have got an impression that he (Modi) is very strong and quick when he has to make decisions. And Indians in Japan are for him and they are in favor of him because they think they can work in Japan thanks to him.”

People in Japan believe that besides his intention of taking India to the top of the world’s economic scene and make the country world’s richest nation, Modi was also working towards promoting Indian culture as well.

“I like him because he is into not only in economics but is preserving Indian culture like Yoga and Indian languages. He Tweets in very nice Hindi language from which I can sense his pride in the culture of India. I expect him to spread Indian culture all over the world,” Sakurai added.

Rajeev Bhardwaj, an Indian national who belongs to Gurgaon city near New Delhi, expects Modi to introduce reforms in the judiciary and policing system of India.

“Indians have great faith and respect for the judicatory system in India. There has been a big step taken to clear the huge backlog of pending legal cases and setting up of sub-courts at the state level. Given the huge population of India, we have a huge number of legal cases still pending in various courts, and therefore we need to take a leapfrog jump. There is an immediate requirement to digitalize case filing system and also implement a time-bound service,” Bhardwaj said.

As regards the police reforms, Indians expects Modi to do away with the British impression on the Indian Penal Code (IPC) of India, that has not to been amended much ever since the Independence.

“It is largely believed that we have a police system since the time of Britishers and still have draconian laws prevalent. We have got such an unfriendly image of police in India that people are hesitantly approaching them for genuine help. Policing is a state subject but I believe the central government can issue certain guidelines for all state governments to follow. This will not only bring similarity in police administrative duties but will uplift the confidence and trust of people dealing with the police system,” Bhardwaj suggested.

Rohan Agrawal, another Indian living in Japan expects Modi to use his good office during the second term to address the big issues like Jammu & Kashmir and Article 370, a matter of hot debate in India.

“We want the Kashmir issue to be resolved and also the long pending the subject of Article 370. Another pending issue is the matter of construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya,” said Agrawal who hails from Indore, Madhya Pradesh in India.

It’s only after Modi came to power again that many Indians are thinking of relocating to their own country India from foreign soils and work for their nation.

One of them is Rohan Agrawal who said that he would like to go back to India and do something related to his profession there.