Japan-UK security partnership will deepen
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Significance
The former provides a legal framework for UK and Japanese forces to deploy on each other’s territory. The latter pools resources for the joint development of a next-generation fighter jet.
Impacts
- The RAA will enhance training and joint exercises, but is not aimed at wartime basing.
- For Tokyo, London is no substitute for Washington, nor is it intended to be.
- Japan's aim is to complicate China’s rise, while also demonstrating its own agency to Washington.