Brussels / Tokyo, 25/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - In the framework of the visit he made to Tokyo last week (also see EUROPE of 23 January, p.11), European Commissioner Chris Patten hoped that the new Action Plan, which the Union and Japan provided themselves with in December, would give rise to "action on the ground" without delay, thereby confirming a relationship that has considerably flourished and improved in the space of a decade. The EU is closely monitoring progress in the economic...