Japan and UK Launch Cyber Partnership, Deepen Critical Minerals Cooperation

Overview

• Keir Starmer and Sanae Takaichi announced a new cyber strategic partnership in Tokyo to improve cybersecurity and protect economic infrastructure.
• The leaders agreed to accelerate cooperation on critical minerals and to build more diversified supply chains with like-minded countries.
• They said they will back a predictable multilateral trade system, including expansion of the CPTPP and collaboration with the European Union.
• Starmer’s stop in Japan followed talks in Beijing where he and Xi Jinping agreed to seek a long-term, stable strategic partnership.
• Tokyo reported plans for a new consultative body on outer space cooperation, and Japan is tightening cyber defenses as it upgrades its security posture.