emirates7 - Britain and Japan are set to agree investment and technology partnerships worth more than £18 billion ($24 billion), expected to tens of thousands of jobs, as UK Prime Minister Keir ​Starmer meets his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi on Sunday.

The agreements include ‌a ⁠Japanese five-year investment pipeline of more than £9 billion ‌in infrastructure and financial services, ⁠alongside plans to ​unlock up to £9 ⁠billion for UK offshore wind projects.

The two ​countries will also ⁠launch a new technology partnership covering areas such as AI, semiconductors and quantum computing.