U.K. plans to team up with Japan for space business: minister

Freeman eyes more tie-ups including debris removal in Indo-Pacific

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George Freeman, the U.K.'s minister of state for science, technology and innovation, speaks at a G-7 meeting of science ministers on June 13. (File photo by AP) 

NATSUMI KAWASAKI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The U.K. hopes to promote an exchange of talent with Japan to develop science and technology, and seeks tie-ups in areas such as the removal of potentially harmful space debris, a British minister told Nikkei Asia.

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