I'm Japanese and I've never heard such deal is going to be signed until very recently. I admit that I've not read news eagerly but news articles / TV news shows

I'm Japanese and I've never heard such deal is going to be signed until very recently. I admit that I've not read news eagerly but news articles / TV news shows that related to RCEP is really few. When TPP deal was going to signed, there were many news and discussions. I expect that deal with China and Korea should make massive discussion in Japan, but very few maybe due to covid.