Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 3 March 2026.
Lee Anderson
Reform UK, Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government it taking to strengthen international relations with Japan.
Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities), Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK-Japan bilateral relationship is at its strongest in decades, underpinned by our enhanced Global Strategic Partnership. As the Prime Minister set out in his statement to the House on 2 February, our priorities for deepening our partnership further include working together for peace and security and boosting growth and resilience through cooperation in tech and innovation, energy, and trade. I also refer him to the details of my own visit to Japan in December, including the speech I made to the Tokyo Economic Security Forum on 15 December. www.gov.uk/government/news/indo-pacific-Minister-seema-malhotra-visits-japan www.gov.uk/government/speeches/tokyo-economic-security-forum-keynote-address
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