TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the European Union (EU) have reached an agreement on a free trade pact, Japan's Kyodo news agency quoted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as saying on Friday.
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Thursday the EU was very close to finalising a free trade deal with Japan.
(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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