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In a news conference in Tokyo, outgoing British Ambassador to Japan Julia Longbottom underscored her confidence about relations between the U.K. and Japan under the leadership of new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/28/japan/uk-ambassador-to-japan-presser/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ukjapanrelations #julialongbottom #andyburnham #sanaetakaichi

After months of uncertainty over funding and concerns about delays, Japan's joint next-generation fighter program with Britain and Italy appears poised to move into its next development phase. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/01/japan/japan-fighter-jet-funding-britain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gcap #fighterjets #ukjapanrelations #italyjapanrelations #uk #italy #defense

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and British leader Keir Starmer have agreed to bolster supply chain resilience, citing "serious concerns" over export restrictions on critical minerals, in a veiled swipe at China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/15/japan/politics/japan-uk-summit-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ukjapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #keirstarmer #economicsecurity #fighterjets #gcap #rareearths #china

Keir Starmer will meet Sanae Takaichi on Sunday as uncertainty mounts over their joint fighter jet program with Italy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/14/japan/politics/starmer-meeting-takaichi-fighter-jet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #uk #ukjapanrelations #keirstarmer #sanaetakaichi #fighterjets #defense

The government supplied antiviral drug Avigan from its stockpiles to Britain on Friday in response to a hantavirus outbreak, health minister Kenichiro Ueno has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/18/japan/japan-antiviral-drug-uk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ukjapanrelations #uk #hantavirus #pharmaceuticals #health

A Japanese national who disembarked from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius arrived in Britain aboard a charter flight arranged by the British government, Japan's Foreign Ministry said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/11/japan/japanese-hantavirus-uk-arrival/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ukjapanrelations #health #hantavirus #cruiseships

Japanese diplomats like Hiroshi Suzuki, the ambassador to the U.K., are using social media, humor and local culture to build influence, win hearts and project soft power in ways traditional diplomacy cannot. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/03/02/japan/art-of-modern-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #hiroshisuzuki #uk #ukjapanrelations #paddingtonbear #shinzoabe

The British Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that diplomat Corin Robertson has been appointed as the U.K.'s next ambassador to Japan, succeeding Julia Longbottom. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/japan/politics/new-uk-ambassador-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #corinrobertson #ukjapanrelations

Britain and Japan agreed to strengthen defense and economic ties, visiting Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/01/japan/politics/japan-uk-leaders-defense-cooperation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ukjapanrelations #uk #china #us #trade #defense

Japan is boosting defense spending and deepening U.K. ties to strengthen deterrence and stability amid declining U.S. reliability in the Indo-Pacific, a necessary and positive development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/29/world/revamping-japan-uk-strategic-architecture/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ukjapanrelations #us #defense #nato #indopacific #uk #hmsprinceofwales #gcap #italy

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and British Defence Secretary John Healey have shared serious concerns over moves by China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/japan-uk-defense-ministers-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ukjapanrelations #defense #shinjirokoizumi #johnhealey

The government has said that the remains of five Ainu people will be returned from the Natural History Museum in Britain to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/japan/society/ainu-remains-returned-britain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ainu #uk #ukjapanrelations

With the Japan Sumo Association’s first trip to London’s in 34 years being far more successful than almost anyone could have expected, the possibility of a return visit has already been raised. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/22/sumo/sumo-albert-hall-london/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #sumo #london #japansumoassociation #uk #ukjapanrelations #sumo

Japanese property investors are planning to plow more money into the U.K. as economic uncertainty and trade turmoil prompt diversification beyond the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/29/companies/japan-property-investors-uk-shift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #realestate #mitsubishiestate #mitsuifudosan #investment #ukjapanrelations

The commander of a British aircraft carrier strike group said in an exclusive interview that the group will have achieved "full operating capability" by the time it returns home, following a landmark visit to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/asia-pacific/uk-aircraft-carrier-commander-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #uk #ukjapanrelations #defense #indopacific #aircraftcarriers #f35 #sdf

Britain's Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has made its Japan debut in the final leg of a monthslong Indo-Pacific deployment at the helm of a multinational carrier strike group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/uk-prince-of-wales-carrier-japan-debut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yokosuka #aircraftcarriers #princeofwales #ukjapanrelations #msdf

British F-35B fighter aircraft could potentially be landing and taking off from one of Japan's de facto aircraft carriers soon, with a U.K. carrier strike group set to reach Japanese waters in August. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/uk-f35-japan-carrier/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ukjapanrelations #uk #indopacific #f35 #sdf #defense #msdf

Japan's plans to develop a next-generation fighter jet alongside Britain and Italy have taken a significant step forward with the launch of a joint venture in charge of delivering the aircraft. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/20/japan/gcap-joint-venture/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fighterjets #ukjapanrelations #italyjapanrelations #defense #uk #italy #edgewing

The European Commission said Monday that it has approved a plan for Japanese, British and Italian firms to create a joint venture to oversee the joint development of a next-generation fighter jet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/03/japan/eu-approval-fighter-jet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #uk #italy #gcap #ukjapanrelations #italyjapanrelations #fighterjets #defense #sdf

Japan has growing doubts that its next-generation fighter project with Britain and Italy will meet a 2035 rollout target, sources say, which could force Tokyo to plug air defense gaps with more U.S. purchases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/30/japan/japan-jets-concern/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #italy #uk #gcap #fighterjets #italyjapanrelations #ukjapanrelations #defense #defenseministry #sdf

A joint venture set to deliver a next-generation fighter jet for Japan, Britain and Italy is expected to be up and running by this summer, with the business construct expecting to get its first contract by year's end. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/23/japan/japan-dsei-gcap-fighter-jet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gcap #fighterjets #italy #uk #italyjapanrelations #ukjapanrelations #defense #defenseministry #sdf

Japan and the U.K. plan to expand transfers of personal data between the two countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/11/japan/politics/japan-britain-personal-data-transfers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ukjapanrelations #ukpersonalinformation #universities

The remains of three Ainu indigenous people, which had been kept at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, have been returned to Japan's Ainu Association of Hokkaido and will arrive back in Japan on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/01/japan/ainu-remains-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ainu #hokkaido #ukjapanrelations #universityofedinburgh #uk #indigenouspeople #museums

The Japanese government said that the remains of three Ainu people stored at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland will be returned to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/27/japan/uk-ainu-remains-to-be-returned-to-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ainu #hokkaido #ukjapanrelations #universityofedinburgh

Britain and Japan have stressed the importance of free trade in talks in Tokyo amid an escalating battle of tit-for-tat tariffs between the United States and other countries under President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/08/japan/politics/japan-britain-free-trade-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #uk #ukjapanrelations #economicsecurity #us #trade #tradewar #tariffs #donaldtrump

In a rare move, shipbuilder Japan Marine United will collaborate with a British company to design and build next-generation landing vessels for the Self-Defense Forces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/27/japan/japan-uk-landing-craft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sdf #defense #defenseministry #uk #ukjapanrelations

The defense chiefs of Japan and the United Kingdom are backing a quickly formed joint venture tasked with delivering a sixth-generation fighter aircraft under their Global Combat Air Program with Italy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/16/japan/politics/uk-japan-defense-ministers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ukjapanrelations #uk #defenseministry #defense #gennakatani #johnhealey

Britain officially became the 12th member of a trans-Pacific trade pact which includes Japan, Australia and Canada. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/15/britain-joins-tpp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tpp #trade #uk #ukjapanrelations #us

Japan's development of a next-generation fighter jet alongside Britain and Italy has taken a significant step forward, with the top companies involved formally agreeing to set up a joint venture that will be in charge of delivering the aircraft. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/13/japan/gcap-japan-fighter-joint-venture/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gcap #italy #uk #italyjapanrelations #ukjapanrelations #defense

Every night from Oct. 15 to 19 next year at London's historic Royal Albert Hall, wrestlers from Japan's top sumo division will battle it out in a rare overseas tournament, the Japan Sumo Association has announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/12/05/sumo/sumo-tournament-london/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #sumo #london #ukjapanrelations #uk #japansumoassociation