Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Meetings with ministers

In the last 12 months

Different ministers

Lobbying firms used

Meetings with ministers

Date	Minister	Purpose, as published
14 June 2026	Sir Keir StarmerPrime Minister	Business Roundtable during visit of the Japanese Prime Minister to discuss UK-Japan trade and investment and the launch of the UK-Japan Frontier Tech Partnership
31 January 2026	Sir Keir StarmerPrime Minister	Brushby introductions during visit to promote the UK as a business destination and strengthening bilateral trade and investment with Japanese companies
22 January 2026	Rachel ReevesMinisters Transparency (Meetings)	Meeting to discuss investment environment in the UK
27 November 2025	Jason StockwoodDBT	To discuss the Autumn budget, and investment and trade links between the UK and Japan
26 November 2025	Ed MilibandDESNZ	Meeting with the Japanese Business Federation to discuss shared clean energy priorities and investments in energy infrastructure

Consultant lobbying firms

Not named as a client of a consultant lobbying firm on the Register of Consultant Lobbyists in the quarters we hold. Lobbying done by an organisation's own staff does not have to be registered.

About these records. Each row is one entry in a minister’s published meetings return, so a meeting with two ministers appears once for each. Dates and purposes are shown as the department published them. Sources: GOV.UK ministers’ meetings transparency returns and the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists quarterly returns, both under the Open Government Licence v3.0.