Japan will work with India on the latter's bid to secure a spot in the Nuclear Suppliers Group beacuse Tokyo believes that New Delhi's presence in the elite group will help it promote non-proliferation, a senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official told The Times of India on Sunday. Yasuhisa Kawamura, the Director-General of Press and Public Diplomacy in Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the country will continue discussing India's cause with other member states.

According to Kawamura, China's stand against India's bid was obvious to everybody. He said the fundamental issue at the moment was to ensure consensus, and the Shinzo Abe government is working towards it. About Pakistan's bid to enter the group, Kawamura said, "India, unlike some other countries, have already made efforts to strengthen export control regime. There are some countries which need to make more efforts."