Ready or not Osaka, here it comes. The Group of 20 Summit, that is.
In less than two weeks, one of the world's largest gatherings of world leaders outside the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York takes place in Osaka. About 30,000 people, including leaders from over 30 countries and international organizations, their delegations and members of the media will be in town on June 28 and 29.
Much media attention is likely to focus on U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping and their efforts to end a trade war. Will journalists, politicians and economists someday speak of the "Osaka Summit" as the moment when economic disaster was averted? Or, will the city's name be forever associated with blunders and misunderstandings that set the world on the wrong path?