Meanwhile, Sunak welcomes Japan's emperor and empresspublished at 13:48 25 June
You may be seeing a little less of Rishi Sunak on the campaign trail today, as the red carpet has been rolled out in London for a state visit of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan.
![Stood in a row, from left to right, James Cleverly, Rishi Sunak, and David Cameron](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/6/25/54f1d135-55ea-4c38-bb0b-cefa09cc22de.jpg)
Sunak was joined by Home Secretary James Cleverly (left) and Foreign Secretary David Cameron (right)
![Rishi Sunak shakes hands with Emperor Naruhito of Japan](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/6/25/7466d301-c02d-4fd7-b995-7edaeebb5711.jpg)
Rishi Sunak shook hands with Emperor Naruhito at the start of the three-day state visit
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