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(Times of India) NEW DELHI: Rare earth metals is the next big thing. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to sign an inter-governmental agreement with Japan if he travels to Tokyo in November. The umbrella pact is expected to start in earnest joint development of rare earths metals in India. Also as a strategic move, it brings Japan even closer to India, becoming what Singh calls a "transformational" relationship. Japan's internal politics and its election schedules, have, as a result, become a matter of deep interest in the Indian government. The only thing that could delay a PM trip is an election in Japan.But notwithstanding frequent political changes in Japan, Singh has insisted on meeting every Japanese leader because he believes the Japan relationship to be bigger than the current party in power.
