Among other provisions, the EPA seeks to mirror the 70-year copyright protection period of the TPP.
The 70-year copyright protection period is included among these provisions.
A 2003 amendment to the Japanese copyright law already puts the period of copyright protection for movies as 70 years from publication, from the previous 50 years.
Japan was one of 12 countries that signed the TPP in February 2016, and it ratified it in January 2017.