Japan Looks to Trade Talks
TOKYO—Riding on a wave of strong public support, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to soon announce a decision to join U.S.-led free-trade talks, a move that is favored by industry but fiercely opposed by the nation's agriculture lobby.
The move would signal that Mr. Abe is using his popularity for a bold step that other administrations have avoided. It comes as the farm lobby's influence has weakened amid a shrinking and aging rural population and just after Mr. Abe secured a crucial pledge from President Barack Obama in talks last week that rice farmers, the strongest faction of ...
Japan Looks to Trade Talks
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