Yesterday, Sunday, the Prime Ministers of Britain and Japan revealed a technological partnership aimed at enhancing national security and creating job opportunities, and pledged to accelerate the pace of work on developing a new generation fighter aircraft within the “Global Air Combat Program” initiative.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with her British counterpart, Keir Starmer, in London, along with a group of business leaders, to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in areas including technology, green energy, and defense.

In addition to announcing agreements totaling 18 billion pounds ($24 billion) in the fields of infrastructure, financial services and wind energy, Takaichi said that close security relations form the basis of the relationship between the two countries.