Free-trade agreements are actively being sought as countries worldwide try to boost trade and stimulate their economies, but Japan balks when it comes to liberalizing its agricultural market.
But Canada's ambassador in Tokyo, Joseph Caron, argues that Japan will benefit from inking an FTA with resource-rich Canada and is urging negotiations.
Speaking at a lecture Thursday at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Joseph said achieving an FTA with Canada means Japan will secure stable energy supplies.