PM #Modi in#Japan, Kyoto-Varanasi partnership pact inked

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a five-day visit to Japan on Saturday, a day that saw the inking of a partnership agreement between Varanasi, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan for over 1,000 years. 

The partnership agreement was signed soon after Modi was received warmly by his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.