To develop and improve links between the British and Japanese parliaments and encourage a deeper understanding of their respective cultures. The APPG also has an important role to play in promoting trade between the two countries.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Contact Details
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Sir Mark Hendrick MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4791.
Email: mark.hendrick.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Amanda Mawn, Office of Sir Mark Hendrick MP. Tel: 020 7219 4791
Email: mawna@parliament.uk
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No benefits in kind are on record for the Japan APPG
Financial Benefits Received
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Mitsui Sunitomo Insurance London Office
£2,000
10 May 2024
Chugai Pharma Europe
£2,000
12 Mar 2024
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
£2,750
12 Mar 2024
Mitsubishi Electric
£2,750
28 Feb 2019
Srixon Sports
£1,800
20 May 2018
Hitachi
£2,000
25 Feb 2018
Srixon Sports
£1,800
10 Oct 2017
Allan and Overy
£1,975
6 Mar 2016
Hitachi Europe Limited
£2,000
29 Jun 2015
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance
£2,000
Former APPG Officers
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Greg Clark
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Tunbridge Wells
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 30th May 2024
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Mark Logan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bolton North East
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Shailesh Vara
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Brady of Altrincham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
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David Morris
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
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Lord Holmes of Richmond
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
Deidre Brock
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
Craig Williams
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Montgomeryshire
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 17th May 2023
Ben Spencer
Vice Chair
Conservative - Runnymede and Weybridge
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 17th May 2023
Park Homes
Gary Sambrook
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Birmingham, Northfield
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 17th May 2023
Ian Paisley
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Former Member for North Antrim
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 17th May 2023
Lord Bates
Vice Chair
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 17th May 2023
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 17th May 2023
Lord Moynihan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 17th May 2023
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 17th May 2023
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 22nd February 2023
Jeremy Hunt
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Godalming and Ash
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 19th October 2022
Heather Wheeler
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South Derbyshire
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 15th June 2022
David Amess
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 21st April 2021
Baroness D'Souza
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Taiwan
Steve McCabe
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Fabian Hamilton
Vice Chair
Labour - Leeds North East
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Paul Farrelly
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Douglas Chapman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Roger Godsiff
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Mark Hendrick
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Preston
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 20th December 2017
Paul Monaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017