Brussels, 23/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - In the run-up to the EU-Japan summit on 28 May which, while it may not see negotiations opened on a free-trade agreement, is likely to give the go-ahead to “scoping” talks, to establish the scope of any future agreement, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is reported by the Kyodo News agency as having made a gesture towards the EU in issuing instructions to his cabinet ministers on 20 May to step up efforts to meet the preconditions set by Brussels -...