Japan ratifies 15-nation RCEP, world's biggest FTA including China, ASEAN

TOKYO, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Japan on Friday ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world's biggest free trade agreement, which comprises 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Australia, the Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry, as reported by local media, said Tokyo deposited its ratification instrument with the ASEAN Secretariat. Enditem