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Kansai execs have big dreams of transport projects ahead of G20, Osaka Expo and possible casino
With the 2025 World Expo secured for Yumeshima district in Osaka Bay and growing confidence the man-made island will also host one of Japan's first casino resorts, Kansai's business leaders are stepping up efforts to win local approval and central government funding for major ...
With the G20 facing numerous challenges, do the summit's engagement groups have the answers?
In the run-up to the Group of Twenty Leaders’ Summit in Osaka in late June, several related meetings of what are known as engagement groups are scheduled to take place in Tokyo and around the country. One of the more influential engagement groups is ...
As host of this year's Group of 20 leaders' summit, a key official said Monday that Japan's most important task will be to chair a gathering that concludes with a strong message promoting stable worldwide economic growth. The June 28-29 conference is expected to be ...
Residents near the venue for the June 28-29 Group of 20 leaders' summit will face traffic restrictions immediately before and after the meeting, Osaka officials said Wednesday evening, but the exact measures are still being worked out. About 200 residents of the city's Suminoe Ward, ...
With six months to go until G20 summit in Osaka, Japan sets out its agenda
With six months to go until the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, the basic agenda has been set for discussion on issues of global importance. But with the G20 process increasingly seen as failing and many leaders likely to arrive in Osaka with severe ...
From G20 to 2025 Expo, many challenges lay ahead for Kansai
In the moments after Osaka was awarded the 2025 World Expo on the early morning of Nov. 24, there was jubilation, back-slapping, and wide smiles. More than a few eyes glittered at the thought of what senior business leaders hoped would be a major ...
Managing the G20's relevance: Japan's presidential agenda
Japan must strive to establish a framework for strong, sustainable global growth when it holds the G20 presidency next year.
For G20 leaders, greater problems yet to come
For all the efforts to keep it on track, the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires also served to showcase an alarming rise in the number of international differences.
Now it is up to Japan to take up the reins as chair and begin the process of reinvigorating the G20.
Trump deserves some credit for a truce with China
At least the two sides are talking instead of sweeping everything under the rug.
Trump will grant Kim Jong Un's wishes after Pyongyang denuclearizes, Moon says
U.S. President Donald Trump will grant North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un his wishes if he delivers on denuclearization, the South Korean president said Sunday, following talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit. As officials work to arrange a second meeting between Trump and ...
The leaders of the world's largest economies on Saturday backed an overhaul of the global body that regulates international trade disputes, ahead of high-stakes talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at defusing a trade war. The Group of 20 ...
