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The UK and Japan have agreed a new economic security partnership following talks between Keir Starmer and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The declaration covers cooperation on supply chains, emerging technologies, economic resilience and security challenges.
The Government said the wider package included more than £18 billion in investment and economic gains, with commitments covering infrastructure, clean energy, financial services and advanced technology. The two Governments also agreed to deepen work on frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence, quantum, space and cyber security.
The agreement also sits alongside defence cooperation through the Global Combat Air Programme, involving the UK, Japan and Italy. Ministers have presented the partnership as part of a wider effort to strengthen UK economic security and build closer ties with allies in the Indo-Pacific.