Taiwan is working to tighten economic and security ties with Japan and the UK, a positive step for Taiwan's efforts to lock in democratic partners as pressure from China grows.

• Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung told visiting Japanese senator Takinami Hirofumi that Taiwan and Japan should copy the Taiwan-US cooperation model to merge more of their trade and industry.
• The goal is to protect supply chains and economic security, especially in chips, under the "free and open Indo-Pacific" banner shared with the US and Japan.
• Lin also hosted a British parliamentary group led by MP Sarah Champion, praising a 2023 UK trade deal that added investment, digital trade, and clean-energy agreements in 2025.
• Both sides talked about fighting disinformation and cyberattacks, and Britain said its parliament will keep watching peace in the Taiwan Strait.
• Japan wants to start three-way parliamentary exchanges between Taiwan, the US, and Japan.

Outlook: Expect more Taiwan-Japan trade and supply-chain deals modeled on the US framework, plus deeper UK-Taiwan ties in tech and energy.