Canada and Japan expand cooperation on nuclear technologies, including small modular reactors, and hydrogen fuel systems

The roadmap outlines a broad expansion of cooperation across security, economic resilience, trade, technology, and climate policy. It aims to strengthen their partnership in response to rising geopolitical uncertainty, technological competition, and growing supply-chain vulnerabilities. Cooperation areas include security and defence, economic security and strategic supply chains (critical minerals, semiconductors, AI, quantum computing, fusion energy), trade, investment, industrial cooperation (Japanese automotive manufacturers pursuing decarbonization in Canada), energy and food security, climate, environment, Arctic cooperation, and people-to-people ties. The 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations is in 2028.