GENEVA: Japan has formally accepted a World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on curbing harmful fishing subsidies, the global trade body said Tuesday, joining the United States, China and the European Union.

After more than two decades of negotiations toward banning subsidies that encourage overfishing and threaten the sustainability of fish stocks worldwide, a deal, albeit watered down, was finally sealed last June.

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