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Japan, UK Agree Outer Space, Critical Mineral Supply Chains Collaboration
UK PM Starmer and Japan PM Takaichi discuss defence cooperation including Ukraine support and economic ties involving 1,000 Japanese firms supporting 150,000 UK jobs.
- On Saturday, Keir Starmer, UK Prime Minister, landed in Tokyo ahead of a meeting with Sanae Takaichi, Japanese Prime Minister, at the Kantei for a working dinner, saying he looked forward to discussing defence, security, trade, and the economy.
- Following a four-day visit to China, the Tokyo stop concludes Keir Starmer's East Asia trip aimed at resetting UK-Beijing relations.
- On the China leg, Starmer secured tariff reductions on whisky, visa-free travel for British citizens, and Beijing lifted sanctions on British parliamentarians while travelling with a delegation of more than 50 business and cultural leaders.
- With security high on the agenda, Sanae Takaichi, Japanese Minister, who took office in October, has already joined a coalition preparing a peacekeeping force for Ukraine.
- Highlighting economic ties, Starmer noted Japan is the biggest investor outside Europe and the US, with 1,000 Japanese businesses supporting 150,000 jobs, and said 'So, there’s a lot for us to discuss.
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Keir Starmer has urged the need for “strength and clarity” amid increasingly global turmoil as he touched down in Japan. The Prime Minister was speaking in Tokyo alongside his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi.“My visit here today comes at a time when geopolitical, economic and technological shocks are literally shaking the world,” Sir Keir began. “That matters deeply to the British people, because these international events increasingly come…
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On January 31, Eastern Time, in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with British Prime Minister Keir Stammer and held a press conference. NTD and Epoch Times provided online rebroadcasting.
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