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According to the article, when the announcement of the Orix-Kintetsu merger was made in June, some teams from Korea and Taiwan wanted to join with the Pacific League to form an "Asia League." The PL is taking the first steps to promote Japanese baseball around Asia, when the Chiba Lotte Marines play the Softbank Hawks for two regular season games, on June 28 and 29 of the 2005 season, in Korea.
Here's the article in Japanese: [Link - Yahoo! Sports]