DUBAI- State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) signed an agreement to store 3.14 million barrels of crude oil in Japan, Kuwait News Agency reported on Wednesday, citing the company's deputy managing director of international marketing, Ghadeer al-Qadfan.

The agreement is part of KPC's efforts to secure storage abroad and increase its market share in the Far East, he said according to the state-run news agency.

(Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Edmund Blair) ((maher.chmaytelli@thomsonreuters.com;))