JAPAN & EU - Japanese farm minister Yuji Yamamoto urged the European Union on Tuesday to give way on its demand that Japan open its market to dairy products from the bloc."Japan still needs a little bit more preparation period to create conditions for it to compete" with European farmers, Mr Yamamoto told reporters following his telephone talks with EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan earlier over ongoing negotiations on a Japan-EU free trade pact. The Mainichi reports that chief negotiators from Japan and the European Union have been working in Tokyo to resolve differences with a view to sealing a broad trade-deal agreement early next month.

　　日本农业部长Yuji Yamamoto在周二敦促欧盟，希翼欧盟能够赠出可行的贸易方式，让日本开放国内市场，从欧盟获取奶制品，以满意日本需求。Yamamoto先生在与欧盟农业委员菲尔·霍根(Phil Hogan)就早些时候谈判的欧盟与日本自由贸易协定，进行电话会谈后，向记者表示，日本仍需要再多一点点的准备光阴，为其和欧洲农民竞争，发明有利条件。日本《每日新闻》报道，日本和欧盟的首席谈判能手向来在东京进行洽谈，解决各种建议分歧，希翼在下月初制定出一个大致的贸易协定框架。