Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a five-day official tour of Japan, on Tuesday morning addressed students at Tokyo's Sacred Heart University.
Here are the highlights of his speech:
I have heard that your University is a well known University in Japan and I have also heard students from India have studied here
Asian countries be it India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia there have been women who have served in top Government roles
Personally, I have always given lot of importance to girl child education
As CM, I dedicated myself towards girl child education
It is in our Constitutional framework to integrate women in decision making process. 25 per cent of the current Cabinet are women
Our current Foreign Minister is a woman
Science of thinking and art of living...we need a combination of these two
I welcome you all to visit India. I am grateful to have got the opportunity to interact with you
India is the land of Lord Buddha. We are committed to non-violence and it was seen during our freedom struggle
'Whole world is one family' - we have been believing in this for thousands of years
India is a democracy and so is Japan. Through this system we can progress. Rather than thinking about others let's think of ourselves
Ask any child in India and they are taught the moon is an uncle and the sun is a grandfather. Trees are worshipped as God: Modi replied while answering a question on the environment.
Exploitation of nature is a crime. Yes, you can take milk from a cow but not kill a cow. This is a part of our learning
Sadly, our habits have changed and that has changed the climate. Lets do 'Samvaad' not 'Sangharsh' with Mother Nature
Both me and PM Abe are connected through social media. I invite you all to communicate with me through social media
