Finance minister Arun Jaitley, who is on his 6 day tour of Japan delivered a Lecture on India: Political, Social and Economic Change at Osaka University in Japan today.

He shared the story of India’s rise with Japanese students as part of a Global Leaders Lecture Series.

Osaka University has a Hindi department and 38 Indian students are studying there.

Arun Jaitley interacted with students and faculty and was briefed by Prof Tomio Mizokami of Hindi studies.

He will also participate and address the Make in India- Investment Promotion Seminar.

Yesterday, while addressing top CEOs of Japanese companies the finance minister said the coming years will see even better numbers, improved ease of doing business and higher purchasing power.

He also expressed hope that GST will be passed in the Monsoon session and it will boost economic growth further.