Back in February, we noted that the TPP has been officially signed, and that the focus now moves on to ratification by each of the 12 participating countries. On this score, there‘s been plenty of sound and fury in the US, including bizarre demands to re-negotiate TPP, but less coverage of what is happening elsewhere. As we noted, Canada‘s ratification has ground to a halt as the new government there launches „widespread consultations.“ Japan, too, won‘t be ratifying TPP for a while, for reasons explained by The Mainichi site: