Brussels, 27/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - EU justice ministers gave their go-ahead on Friday 27 February for a negotiating brief to conclude a mutual assistance agreement in legal matters with Japan, announced Czech Justice Minister Jiri Pospisil. A compromise was finally found after Hungary had lifted reservation of a constitutional kind. An agreement would allow cooperation procedures to develop with Japan, mainly concerning the exchange of evidence and hearings of witnesses in areas such as...