The United States and Japan "reached agreement on the text" of a liberalized air transport agreement

, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The "Open Skies" dealwould remove restrictions on the transpacific routes carriers from both countries may operate--as well as capacity and pricing on those routes--and would "provide unlimited opportunities for cooperative marketing arrangements, including code-sharing, between U.S. and Japanese carriers," according to a DOT statement.