31/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - Catherine Ashton to visit Japan. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton will visit Japan from Tuesday 1 to Thursday 3 November. In Tokyo, she will meet Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba. “The two sides have agreed to work towards parallel negotiation of a free-trade agreement and a framework agreement covering political, global and sectoral issues”, Ashton says. (LC/transl.rt)