Keir Starmer has urged the need for “strength and clarity” amid increasingly global turmoil as he touched down in Japan.

The Prime Minister was speaking in Tokyo alongside his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi.

“My visit here today comes at a time when geopolitical, economic and technological shocks are literally shaking the world,” Sir Keir began.

“That matters deeply to the British people, because these international events increasingly come crashing into our daily lives.”

“When war overseas drives up fuel prices at home, it’s families that feel it first; when supply chains fracture, it’s small businesses and working people who absorb the shock; and when instability rises, it’s the vulnerable who are the most exposed.

“So, our response together must be one of strength and clarity, deepening our resilience, our powers and our alliances to better serve our people.

“The prime minister and I share this perspective, and that’s why I’m here today,” Sir Keir said before a Union Jack and a Japanese flag.

He celebrated the relationship between Britain and Tokyo as the “strongest now that it has been in decades”.

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