date:Apr 09, 2014
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott agreed on a free trade pact Monday in Tokyo, ending seven years of negotiations.
Todays general agreement has an historic significance for the two nations efforts to establish closer ties, Abe said during a joint press conference Monday.
Abbott described the opportunity as a marvellous and historical day.
With the agreement, Australia becomes the first major farm-exporting nation to reach an FTA deal with Japan.
Abe and Abbo