G20 ministers vow to address issue of 'over-tourism' at Hokkaido meeting
Tourism ministers from the Group of 20 leading industrialized nations and emerging economies agreed Saturday to step up efforts to address friction between visitors and local residents and the destruction of nature through what is called 'over-tourism.' In a declaration issued after a two-day meeting ...
G20 urges global regulations to address 'serious' risks in cryptocurrencies
Concerns related to money laundering and illicit finance have cast a shadow on Facebook Inc.’s plan to launch its Libra currency next year.
Weak trade delaying global recovery, says Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda
The timing of a global economic recovery is being delayed as weaker global trade weighs on manufacturing, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has said. Recent developments over the U.S.-China trade conflict together with Brexit "have reduced uncertainty somewhat," Kuroda said to reporters in Washington ...
Japan, U.S. and EU to jointly measure plastic waste inflows into the oceans
Japan plans to lead a new initiative to gauge the amount of marine plastic waste released from individual countries in cooperation with the United States and the European Union, according to informed sources. Talks on the matter will start at a four-day working-level meeting of ...
China lodges WTO trade complaint against U.S. on heels of new tariffs leveled by Washington
China said Monday it had lodged a complaint against the United States with the World Trade Organization, one day after new tariffs imposed by Washington on billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods came into force. The world's two biggest economies have been embroiled in ...
In Ehime, G20 labor ministers call for more elderly-friendly working environments
Labor ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) major economies on Monday adopted a joint statement calling for safe and healthy working environments for elderly people as the populations of their countries' continue to gray. At the end of the two-day gathering in Matsuyama, Ehime ...
Japan and G7 peers brace for fractious summit in France
Japanese media outlets had reported that this year’s G7 was unlikely to issue a joint statement for the first time in its history.
Beijing says millions of tons of U.S. soy shipped to China in trade consensus
The United States has shipped several million tons of soybeans to China since the two countries' leaders met in June, Chinese state media said on Sunday, an apparent sign of goodwill before trade talks in Shanghai this week. The U.S.-China trade war has curbed the ...
China importers seek to lift tariffs on U.S. farm goods, state media reports
Chinese importers are applying to their government to lift tariffs on some U.S. agricultural imports, state media reported on Sunday, three weeks after the two sides reached a truce in their trade war. The unnamed importers were talking to U.S. suppliers about potential pricing and ...
Japan and U.S. negotiating teams working hard on bilateral trade deal, senior official says
U.S. and Japanese officials are working hard to reach agreement on a bilateral trade agreement, a senior Japanese official said Wednesday, adding that he was looking forward to news on the deal in the near future. Three industry sources said Tuesday that the United States ...
A vision for protecting the world's oceans
The Group of 20's adoption of the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision is a welcome step forward, but effective follow-up is the only way it will make a real difference.
U.S. President Donald Trump has the authority to waive sanctions on Turkey for its purchase of Russian air defense systems and should find a "middle ground" in the dispute, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Erdogan's comments came two days after NATO member Turkey ...
