The British authorities stated Saturday that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will go to Tokyo this week to signal a brand new bilateral protection and know-how cope with Japan forward of a Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima.

The premier can even host a reception of enterprise leaders as he appears to be like to advertise funding in Britain throughout his first go to to Japan since taking workplace final October.

“I look forward to visiting Japan, a vital economic and defense partner for the U.K. in the Indo-Pacific,” Sunak stated in a press launch. The authorities didn’t elaborate on the brand new deal nor the main points of the enterprise leaders’ assembly.