Leaders from Japan and India are poised to sign agreements this week that would allow Japan to export nuclear technology to India, making it the first non-signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty to be granted permission from Japan to do so.
The meting between Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indian leader Narendra Modi is scheduled for Friday. Agreements between the two to be signed during that meeting are expected to include cooperation agreements in nuclear power for civic purposes.
The agreements are to be terminated by Japan if India tests any nuclear weapons, reports indicate. India is has not signed the most binding international treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and could advance nuclear weapons using plutonium that is a by-product associated with nuclear power plants.