Japan Next for Raab as U.K. Pushes Post-Brexit Trade Credentials
- Foreign secretary visits ‘closest security partner in Asia’
- Japanese companies have expressed concern over split from EU
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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab faces a tough task when he arrives in Tokyo: persuading Japanese companies -- including those that invested in Britain as an entry point to the European Union -- to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s vision for the U.K. after Brexit.
“Now we’ve left the EU we can take full advantage of the opportunities open to us -- in trade, investment, technological innovation and security cooperation,” Raab said in an emailed statement ahead of a meeting with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi on Saturday. “Japan is a great friend and our closest security partner in Asia.”