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Rishi Sunak will sign a microchip deal with Japan today to help protect supplies from potential disruption by China.
The Prime Minister was flying into Tokyo on Wednesday night ahead of talks on a new economic and security agreement designed to counter growing aggression from Beijing.
On Thursday he will meet business leaders and unveil new investment in Britain worth billions of pounds and thousands of jobs.
Mr Sunak, who is accompanied by his wife Akshata Murty, will then travel to Hiroshima for the G7 summit of advanced economy countries this weekend.
Tomorrow evening he will hold talks with Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, where the two leaders are expected to agree a new ‘Hiroshima Accord’ strengthening relations between the UK and Japan.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a huddle with political journalists on board a government plane as he heads to Japan to attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima on May 17, 2023
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is pictured with journalists on a plane as he heads to Hiroshima
The deal will include a new ‘semiconductor partnership’ to help protect supplies of microchips amid a global shortage.
