In Japan, Yasuhiro Nakasone, one of the longest-reigning Prime Ministers and known for his friendship with Ronald Reagan died at the age of 101. He passed away at a Tokyo hospital today.<br />'' <br />'' Nakasone, Prime Minister from 1982 to 1987, shared the world stage with Reagan and Margaret Thatcher while battling with bureaucrats over domestic reforms.<br />'' <br />'' He himself said, he failed to achieve a dream of revising the country's pacifist, post-war constitution to clarify the ambiguous status of the military.<br />'' <br />'' Nakasone also broke an unwritten rule on limiting the annual defence budget to 1% of Gross National Product.<br />'' <br />'' In 1983, he became the first Japanese Premier to officially visit South Korea, mending fences with a country that Japan had brutally colonized from 1910 to 1945.<br />'' <br />'' Prime Minister Narendra Moid has condoled his demise.<br />''  <br />'' In a tweet, Mr Modi said that Yasuhiro  Nakasone's contribution to the enrichment of our bilateral relations is valuable and he will be remembered as an architect of the contemporary India -Japan friendship.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Mr Modi said, his path-breaking visit to India, which was the first by a Japanese Prime Minister after a gap of 23 years will always be remembered.<br />