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PACIFIC

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 5, 2016
Romak adjusting to game in Japan
Surviving the first few days of spring training is the initial step for most first-year foreign players in their adjustment to life in NPB. Japanese clubs don't pull many punches during camp early on, and feature a much heavier workload than teams in MLB and other western leagues.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 26, 2016
Japan's cutbacks handicap monitoring of changes in Pacific Ocean
The global lens used to follow El Nino has become a bit less accurate after Japan cut by about half the number of buoys in the Western Pacific that monitor changes in the ocean. It will take another four to five offline next year.
WORLD
Feb 10, 2016
M6.4 temblor strikes off Chilean coast, USGS reports
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2016
The predators behind the TPP
Twelve Pacific Rim countries representing around 40 percent of the global economy signed the u2028Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade accord on Thursday. Dutch author Karel van Wolferen u2028examines the corporate ramifications of the divisive deal
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2016
Taiyo Pacific sees investment shift to Japan shares as 'sexy' China cools
The China-led stock slump that's taking Japanese equities down with it will ultimately prove a boon for investors in Japan, according to Taiyo Pacific Partners LP, which manages $2.2 billion, including money from the world's biggest pension fund.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 16, 2015
TPP no done deal; hurdles include interpretation, legislative approval, U.S. election
The full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was released this month. The document is a wide-ranging accord between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 3, 2015
How the TPP can transform Japan's economy
Regardless of whether or not the TPP is implemented, Japan's farmers must change their approach if they want to secure their futures rather than hope that subsidies will continue forever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 3, 2015
The fraught politics of the TPP
Failure to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership in all 12 countries would be a major disappointment because it would bring vast economic benefits to all countries involved
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2015
Too early for TPP cheers
The Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations were a major blow against democracy and good governance, and the deal is studded with measures distorting capitalism and free markets.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2015
Trans-Pacific Partnership isn't aimed at China
China is an important trade partner for the countries involved in the TPP, and its future participation in the trade bloc can't be ruled out.

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