Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe canceled his visit to India. This news also dominated the Indian media on Friday amid protests about the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Just a day before that, on Thursday, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abdul Momin and Home Minister Asaduzzam Khan canceled their visit to India. The reason was Bangladesh's resentment over India's citizenship amendment law.

Citizenship amendment law is being opposed in different parts of India. Especially in the northeastern states. The impact of the controversy, debate and demonstrations regarding this law was also reflected in India's relations with other countries.

Shinzo Abe was scheduled to visit India on Sunday. His visit was proposed from December 15-17 and he was scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Guwahati in the northeastern state of Assam.

He was to participate in the India-Japan summit. Assam is the center of protests about the Citizenship Amendment Act.

After the cancellation of the tour, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ravish Kumar tweeted that the two countries will soon set a second convenient date for the meeting. Although there is no information about when this meeting will happen now.

The news and analysis of the cancellation of Shinzo Abe's prominence have also figured prominently in the Japanese media. Japan magazine 'Nikkei Asian Review' has published an almost 800-word opinion article on this whole issue.

This article, focused on the Citizenship Amendment Act, is titled: These changes in India are immoral and self-defeating.

The article has strongly criticized the Citizenship Amendment Act, referring to the canceled visit of Shinzo Abe.

It said that there is no doubt that the Indian strategy to deal with the so-called illegal migrants has to do with religious discrimination. Not only this, it will also have a serious impact on foreign policy and security.

The article warns that India should be afraid of what will happen if other countries also adopt its migrant policies. Because a large population of India lives in other countries through legal and illegal methods.

The news from The Japan Times, published from Tokyo, states that violent clashes are taking place between the mob and police in Guwahati and it has been decided to postpone the visit to Shinzo Abe, keeping in mind the local situation.

According to the news, Japan is trying to strengthen diplomatic and strategic relations with India to keep China under control.

The Japan Times writes that representatives of the two countries were scheduled to discuss security and economic development issues at the summit.

The news also mentions the worrisome situation in Assam and reports from the Indian media. The newspaper writes that thousands of locals in the state have taken to the streets to protest as they fear the new law will bring a large number of foreign migrants there.

Japan's leading newspaper 'Asahi Shinbun' and news website Japan Today have also given prominence to this news. The statement of the Chief Cabinet Secretary has been published in the Japan Times.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has said, "It was decided to postpone the Prime Minister's visit based on the ground report from India. The outline of this tour will be prepared ahead but no concrete decision has been taken on it yet.''

Negotiations are underway on an agreement on military cooperation in both countries. Shinzo Abe was also going to visit Manipur's capital Imphal with PM Modi during this tour. PM Abe used to go to Imphal's Memorial Hall.

It is known as the Imphal Battle of 1941, where over 30 thousand Japanese soldiers were killed. This is seen as the worst operation of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was also being said that Shinzo Abe could have asked Modi to consider his decision not to join the RCEP.

Just a month ago, Japan had said that if India does not join RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership), then Japan will not be a part of it.

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