UK and Japan want outline trade deal this month - Japanese foreign minister

FILE PHOTO: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi speaks during a press briefing in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and Japan have reached substantial agreement in most areas for a bilateral post-Brexit trade deal and will speed up their talks, Japan's foreign minister said on Friday.

"We agreed to accelerate talks with an aim of reaching an outline agreement by the end of August," Toshimitsu Motegi, who is in London for talks, told reporters in an online briefing.