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Talking about the legendary Indian freedom fighter who founded the Indian National Army, the former Japanese diplomat said, “In India there is politics over whether Netaji’s ashes are authentic. Meanwhile, talking about how India could become the next superpower, Hirabayashi said, “India may be a super power in the next 20-25 years. Sujan R Chinoy, is the current Indian Ambassador in Japan. Why?,” he asked an audience at Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) without naming any Indian diplomats or politicians who visited Japan in recent times. Former Japanese envoy to India Hiroshi Hirabayashi Former Japanese envoy to India Hiroshi HirabayashiStating that the ashes of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose were being safeguarded in Japan since his death in 1945, Hiroshi Hirabayashi, the President of Japan India Association, Tokyo (JIA) and former Ambassador of Japan to India asked as to why successive governments in India have failed to take back the ashes of the “hero” back home..