Did you know that the word ‘rickshaw’—ubiquitous in India—is actually of Japanese origin? That bit of trivia popped up during the India Today Indo-Japan Conclave in New Delhi on May 22 in the context of how Indo-Japanese business relations, tracing back to the late 19th century, were poised to explore new opportunities.There are 1,400 Japanese companies in India, and more than half of these are in the manufacturing sector, pointed out Fumio Yamazaki, the Minister of Economy and Development at the Embassy of Japan in India. He outlined two priorities: “One, make the manufacturing industry successful here in India; the…