Russia refuses to negotiate with Japan about fishing near territorially-contested islands.

Moscow has rejected negotiations with Tokyo over Japanese fishing operations near disputed islands in the northwest Pacific, according to Japan's fisheries minister Tetsuro Nomura. According to Nomura, Moscow informed Tokyo on Thursday that it is currently unable to create a timeframe for the...

After WWII, the United States and Japan left behind thousands of bombs. They're still exploding and murdering people in the Pacific

As the Manele family prepares for a normal Monday night meal on Guadalcanal, an island in the South Pacific Ocean, coconut crabs roast over a sheet of roofing iron heated by a fire below.

As the sun sets, John Manele, a subsistence farmer, talks with his boys, 13-year-old Junior Dominic...

According to reliable sources, KKR has successfully raised $6 billion, making it the largest infrastructure fund ever established in Asia.

According to two persons familiar with the subject quoted by Reuters, KKR & Co Inc. has raised roughly $6 billion for its second Asia Pacific infrastructure fund at the first-close, making it the largest private equity fundraising for the sector in the area.

Even though rising infla...

EU representative urges for mature oil dialogue

Attilio Pacific, head of the EU delegation, is shown in front of NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, and other officials at Bobi Wine's house in Magere, Wakiso District, last year. IMAGE | FILE

Attilio Pacifici, the departing head of the European Union Delegati...

SingViva, a Singapore-based insurtech company, has partnered with The Pacific Insurance Berhad to improve its critical illness product

The collaboration with TPIB is an important milestone and confirmation for SingViva's use of technology and medical research to empower lives, particularly in the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic."

Following its recent digital distribution collaboration in Malaysia, Singapore-bas...

Singapore Signs Free Trade Agreement with Pacific Alliance

Last week, Singapore joined the Pacific Alliance and formed the Pacific Alliance-Singapore Free Trade Agreement in an attempt to strengthen the economic integration between the involved countries.

Pacific Alliance is basically a trade pact signed between 4 Latin American countries and w...

Australia assures Singapore of promoting 'stable and secure' Asia Pacific through AUKUS

Australia has assured Singapore that its recent defense pact with the United States and the United Kingdom will promote a stable and secure Asia Pacific region, as told by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on October 27.

Highlights

• Singapore welcomes Aust...

Telstra buys Digicel to block Chinese influence in the region

Telstra the Australian telecom giant and the government are buying a Pacific telecom company. This is being considered as a political move to block to China's influence in the region.

Highlights

• Telstra the Australian telecom giant buys Digice...

Russian and Chinese warships carry out their first joint patrols in the Pacific Ocean

Moscow and Beijing had carried out naval cooperation drills in the Sea of Japan in October. Both the countries have sour relations with the West, and ever since then they have cultivated closer military and diplomatic ties.

Highlights

• Moscow and Beiji...

NEW PROGRAMS OF US-JAPAN EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE TO BEGIN SOON

HIGHLIGHTS

• MOFA and DoDEA have forged a partnership for US – Japan educational exchange.
• The new educational and cultural exchanges, along with programs related to them are to begin soon.

With support from United States (US) em...

JAPAN COMMENCES TALKS WITH PACIFIC LEADERS WITH AGENDA OF COUNTERING CHINA

Highlights

• The ninth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting will be attended by representatives from Japan, 14 Pacific island nations, Australia and New Zealand, along with French Polynesia and New Caledonia

• According to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, these islands carr...

JAPAN AND BRITAIN TO PUSH THROUGH FREE AND OPEN INDO-PACIFIC

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• Japan and Britain to push through free and open Indo-Pacific.
• Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his British counterpart Boris Johnson held a telephonic conversation on the same.
• They agreed on close cooperation involving ...

Asia Pacific IT Help Desk Software Market is Expected to Grow at a CAGR of 37.21% over the Forecast Period

Customers and users are critical to any organization. The idea of success in an organization can be measured by their customer and user satisfaction. A help desk is a resource that provides information and assistance for problem-solving. Organizations provide help desk support to...

SOFTBANK TO INVEST $900 MILLION IN US-BASED PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA

Highlights

• SoftBank Group has decided to invest $900 million in a US developer of equipment for genetic analysis

• This investment comes as billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group is looking to diversify its portfolio and mainly US listed companies

JAPAN AND MEXICO TO STEADILY ENFORCE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AND FREE TRADE

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• Japan and Mexico to steadily enforce trans-pacific partnership and free trade.
• Japan Foreign Minister met with Mexican counterpart on Tuesday.
• Japan wishes to maintain and strengthen a free and open economic framework.

Asia Pacific Light Vehicle Leasing Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.8% over the Forecast Period

The inventive mobility leasing solutions such as electric vehicle (EV) leasing is gaining traction in the light vehicle leasing market. Government bodies, who are constantly striving towards reducing environmental pollution, are promoting the adoption of electric vehicles. For instance, in August...

AN OPEN LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN PM BY PACIFIC ISLAND CHIEFS DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY ACROSS THE REGION

HIGHLIGHTS

• Pacific pioneers have censured Australia's Paris climate focus as one of the most vulnerable, encouraging Canberra to resolve to net-zero carbon emanations by 2050 and desert its Kyoto carryover credits

All the leaders, previous ...

U.S. NAVY PLANS TO REVIVE TACTICAL FORMATION FOCUSING ON INDIAN & PACIFIC OCEANS

Highlights

• The U.S. Navy is currently planning to revive a tactical formation that will be focusing on Indian & Pacific oceans and work with partners such as India & Singapore to cope up with potential contingencies

• This announcement about establishing th...

LOTTE MARINES WINS THEIR FIRST PACIFIC LEAGUE PLAYOFF IN FOUR YEARS

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• Lotte Marines wins their first Pacific League playoff in four years.
• Yudai Fujioka hit a tie-breaking run for Lotte Marines win.
• Lotte Marines won over Seibu Lions by 8-2 on Sunday.
• Fujioka hit his fourth home ...

SEIBU LIONS STREGTHENS BID FOR PACIFIC LEAGUE PLAYOFF SPOT

Highlights –

• Seibu Lions strengthens bid for Pacific League playoff spot on Tuesday match.
• Lions won against Nippon Ham Fighters by 5-4 in the 7th inning RBI.
• Takumi Kuriyama and Cory Spangenberg hit a home run for the Lions.
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