LONDON -- Japan and the U.K. have signed a landmark defense pact that allows forces from both countries to be deployed to the other for training, joint exercises and disaster relief activities.
Agreement allows militaries of both nations to be deployed to the other
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands at the start of a bilateral meeting at the Tower of London on January 11. © Reuters
LONDON -- Japan and the U.K. have signed a landmark defense pact that allows forces from both countries to be deployed to the other for training, joint exercises and disaster relief activities.