Britain and Japan

The Prime Minister met her Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, today in Downing Street to forge a new alliance on medical research, robotics, data and trade – boosting innovation across Britain as we leave the EU.

Key facts:

The two leaders will set out an ambitious programme – and £30 million of initial funding – for projects to tackle the Grand Challenges in our modern Industrial Strategy such as:
  • Designing robotic systems to allow our ageing populations to live independently in their own home for longer, finding new treatments for chronic conditions, and new forms of greener transport and energy storing. These could create 175,000 new jobs and will boost the UK manufacturing sector by £455 billion over the next decade. 
  • Japan will also scrap the existing ban on British beef and lamb exports which has been in place since 1996 and is worth £127 million to British farmers over five years – reiterating our commitment to an ambitious bilateral trading relationship. 
  • In addition, we will build on our Joint Declaration that stepped up our defence and security partnership by increasing combined exercises between our defence forces and strengthening maritime co-operation. 

Why this matters:

As we prepare to leave the EU, we raise our horizons towards the rest of the world. By agreeing to forge a new, dynamic partnership with Japan, we not only back some of the most cutting-edge sectors in our economy, but will also improve people’s lives and shape the 21st century for the better.

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