Europe and Japan may want to learn from each other when it comes to dealing with mounting government debt, opportunities for the Japanese food industry, whether Japan and Britain should strengthen their ties in trade and consumption tax increases.

Journalists from Britain discussed the subjects of their expertise in a symposium "The current situation of Europe and Britain and their relationship with Japan," organized by the Keizai Koho Center in Tokyo on Sept. 12.

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