The guest of honour at The Japan Society and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the UK’s next joint lunch will be David Taylor MP, Trade Envoy to Japan and Treasurer of British-Japanese All-Party Parliamentary Group.

We are delighted to welcome David Taylor MP, who will reflect on the outcomes of the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's visit to the UK, and what this means for deepening trade and investment opportunities.

The event will be chaired by The Japan Society's Chair, The Rt Hon Greg Clark.

David Taylor MP serves as Labour’s Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead and was appointed as the United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Japan on the 23rd of March 2026. David also serves as the treasurer of the British-Japanese All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG). Prior to being elected to Parliament David worked for an international charity aimed at improving wages in developing countries. In 2009, Taylor founded the Labour Campaign for International Development and he now serves on the International Development Committee. This is a cross-party House of Commons Select Committee that scrutinises the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office regarding international aid and overseas development assistance. A graduate of Warwick University, David previously worked in the office of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. David has visited Japan on five occasions and has travelled a lot ‘off the beaten track’, including Kyushu, Toyama, and Nikko, as well as leading the APPG delegation that visited Japan in 2025. David has a strong interest in Defence and has visited Ukraine twice, including to meet frontline soldiers and the Defence Minister.

David Taylor MP will speak following a two-course lunch, after which there will be time for questions until 2.30pm.

Booking essential 
£95 per head - Members of The Japan Society, the JCCI and their guests only
Booking deadline: Monday 6 July 2026
Please note that spaces are limited and so early booking is recommended.