While Japan is rushing to be the first signatory to the treaty, Thursday's approval will now stand for 30 days, regardless of the upper house's vote on the matter. However, an upper house steering committee is likely to arrange a special plenary session for Friday.
Meanwhile, sources close to the matter said Thursday that the ruling camp will almost certainly think about extending the current Diet session, which is set to end on Nov. 30.
The move would also be an unpopular one with the opposition camp, and reminiscent of the strong-arm tactics used by the ruling bloc to force illegal security bills through parliament and into law, without following due process including further parliamentary and public debate.
Other potential signatories are also conceding the fact that the pact may not come to fruition, with local media here quoting the Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key as saying that the pact's chances of ratification during the "lame duck" period was "if not zero, very close to zero."
While ostensibly it would seem that the 12 member nations of TPP have already reached a broad agreement, there remains, however, a number of hurdles ahead until the pact moves from paper to reality.
Each country is believed to be under similar pressure as Japan to allay fears of lobbies also fearing certain sectors will be adversely affected if tariffs are eliminated, or jobs lost to more cost-effective manufacturing hubs.
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