Ties between Tokyo and Beijing have been tense in recent years, with Japan wary of China's growing military power in the region, but Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping have pledged to continue high-level contact.
Opposition leader and scion of the Gandhi family name was stripped of his parliamentary seat after he was convicted of defamation in Prime Minister Modi's home state of Gujarat for a 2019 campaign trail remark seen as an insult to the premier.