Prime Minister Noda’s announcement on Friday that Japan would join negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement is a step in the right direction. Not only would the pact open up the economy to imports, it would support a struggling export sector by providing better access to the fast growing markets of its Asian neighbours.
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