Ahead of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told British voters to vote to stay in, The Guardian reported on 5 May.
Abe said that a departure could threaten Japanese investment and put more than 100,000 jobs at risk. He noted that, “Japan attaches importance to our relationship with the UK as a gateway to the European Union … it is better for the world that Britain remain in a strong EU”.
“Our priority is reaching trade deals with the EU, and large trade areas, rather than with individual states”, he added.