{"id":637627,"date":"2026-06-14T03:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T03:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/637627\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T03:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T03:05:16","slug":"uk-and-japan-poised-to-seal-landmark-18-billion-investment-deal-to-create-thousands-of-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/637627\/","title":{"rendered":"UK and Japan poised to seal landmark \u00a318 billion investment deal to create thousands of jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The UK and Japan are poised to finalise an \u00a318 billion investment package, anticipated to generate tens of thousands of new jobs across Britain. <\/p>\n

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> is scheduled to host his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi, at Downing Street<\/a> on Sunday, ahead of next week’s G7 summit.<\/p>\n

More than ten commercial and government agreements are expected to be signed during the visit, including a substantial \u00a39 billion deal for offshore wind projects. <\/p>\n

Further collaboration will see Rolls-Royce deepen its partnership with Japan\u2019s Atomic Energy Agency, signing a new agreement focused on developing next-generation technologies. <\/p>\n

Discussions will also involve British and Japanese business leaders exploring future economic growth opportunities, alongside efforts to help UK defence firms access Japanese investment.<\/p>\n

\"StarmerStarmer is facing domestic political pressures following John Healey\u2019s resignation (PA)<\/p>\n

Sir Keir stated: “These landmark agreements will bring multibillion-pound investment into the UK, creating tens of thousands of new jobs and driving new developments. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs G7 economies and close security partners, we are working together with Japan on some of the most innovative technology in the world, harnessing the best of British and Japanese research and industry to deliver growth and security to every corner of the United Kingdom.”<\/p>\n

This significant international engagement comes as Sir Keir faces domestic political pressures, following the recent resignation of John Healey as defence secretary over a dispute regarding long-term military funding. <\/p>\n

Mr Healey\u2019s departure was mirrored by armed forces minister Al Carns and two parliamentary aides, intensifying scrutiny on the Prime Minister amid threats of a leadership challenge.<\/p>\n

Andy Burnham could be in line to challenge Starmer if he wins the Makerfield by-election on Thursday, and he criticised the Labour leader during a campaign speech on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Burnham warned that the UK is heading for the same \u201cpoisonous\u201d politics as the US.<\/p>\n

He told the audience: \u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel that we\u2019re heading in the right direction. It doesn\u2019t feel like we\u2019re heading to better lives for people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings are getting harder, and politics is getting more polarised, and the path we\u2019re on, if we are not careful, is a path towards the politics of the United States of America, a polarised, poisonous politics where people in communities don\u2019t work together any more.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-637627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}