PM seeks closer ties with Japan ahead of G7 summit
BBC
23-05-18 12:06
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced £18bn ($25bn) of business investment in the UK by two Japanese companies, Mitsubishi Estate and Mitsui Fudosan, committing £3.5bn to affordable housing, office space and life-sciences laboratory developments in London, Sumitomo Corporation investing £4bn in offshore wind projects on the Norfolk and Suffolk coastline, and Marubeni committing around £10bn to offshore wind and green hydrogen projects in Wales and Scotland. Sunak called it a "massive vote of confidence in the UK's dynamic economy".