Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany, photographed in May 2025. Politics Merz urges Japan to join trade alliance in Tokyo and says Germany is weighing a role in GCAP fighter jet programme Mono Scoops 1d German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged Japan in Tokyo on October 28 to back an alliance of like-minded partners against tariffs and economic coercion, and said Germany is examining whether it could join the Japan, Italy and Britain-led GCAP fighter jet programme. Read Full Story
