Leaders from India and Japan have made overtures that they will resume collaboration on civilian nuclear technology.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda discussed the issue at the East Asia Summit in Cambodia last week, the Times of India reported. Japan and the subcontinent had entered three rounds of negotiations on the sharing of Japanese nuclear technology before they stalled following the Fukushima Daiichi crisis. The Times reported that one talking point had been India's law that makes suppliers liable in the event of an accident.
Since then, both sides have expressed interest in resuming work toward an agreement. India represents a large potential market for Japanese companies like Toshiba and Hitachi, as the subcontinent has seven new reactors at some stage of construction and about 40 more proposed, according to the World Nuclear Association.