It's the classic 'good thing, good thing, shit thing' way of bringing out a statement. To make it look like if you disagree with the shit thing, you just disagreed with it all.

The easiest way to stop this though is to just make VISAs impossible to get unless you are sponsored by a Japanese company. That'll REALLY limit migration to near nothing.

And imagine how overstated that common trap could be if:

1. Modi would increase his own popularity in India by claiming he made progress on those things
2. Japanese politicians would politely nod and not tell someone to go fuck themselves, regardless of what they planned on doing.

Good thing neither of those are true or once could really jump to some conclusions! /s

Is it a good sign? No. Is it indicative of future policy? Not really.