Japan's Amari: Intellectual property not yet worked out at TPP

Amari told reporters that the issue needs to be discussed thoroughly to make this ministerial meeting the last one.

Ministers from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership are in Hawaii this week, aiming to seal the ambitious trade deal, which covers 40 percent of the global economy.

(Reporting by Ami Miyazaki, writing by Kaori Kaneko, Editing by Chris Gallagher)