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It is six months to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the demand for British goods and services among Japanese consumers is soaring, having grown by 32% in the last five years.

The British Chamber of Commerce is partnering with The Economist Events to promote environmental sustainability in the ocean economy as part of the World Ocean Summit 2020 in Tokyo on March 9-10.

British visitors to Japan in 2019 were among the biggest spenders of all international tourists, splashing out more cash per person than any other European nation, according to the Japan Tourism Agency.

Almost 700,000 new firms were launched in the UK last year, as growing high-tech firms snapped up more than £10bn in venture capital investment.

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Last year alone, Barclays Japan arranged six food loss and waste bonds totalling more than US$300 million for Japanese distributors (securities houses), life insurers, regional banks and city banks.

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The bushfire crisis continues to devastate communities across Australia.

On the back of the success of the Rugby World Cup 2019, ‘Rugby School‘, known as the home of the game of rugby, has announced that it will open a sister school in Japan in 2022.

ESR Cayman Limited, the largest APAC focused logistics real estate platform, has signed a lease agreement for 72,392 sqm with Amazon at its human-centric development project in Kuki City, Japan.

The Japanese government hopes to start negotiations with Britain on a new economic partnership agreement as early as next month.