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More than 20 feared dead in building fire in Osaka

More than 20 feared dead in building fire in Osaka

 A fire swept through a psychiatry clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday, with 27 people feared dead and police reported to be investigating possible arson. The blaze broke out on the fourth floor of an office building in …

Olympic torch being carried through Japan

Olympic torch being carried through Japan

The torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics ran through a mostly empty Osaka city park on Tuesday, showing the risks of trying to hold the postponed games during a pandemic. It came on the same day that the government said new coronavirus …

Trump comments on situation around Iran

Trump comments on situation around Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump said there was "absolutely no time pressure" on the issue of U.S.- Iran relations. Iran had set Thursday as a deadline beyond which it would exceed the threshold for stockpiles …

Putin-Trump meeting held in Osaka

Putin-Trump meeting held in Osaka

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump have begun a separate bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit.  It is expected to last from one hour to an hour …

Trump arrives in Japan's Osaka

Trump arrives in Japan's Osaka

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Japan's Osaka to take part at Group of 20 summit on June 28-29. Trump landed at Osaka International Airport in Itami. Other world leaders are arriving at Kansai airport in …

Typhoon approaches Japan's Osaka hosting G20

Typhoon approaches Japan's Osaka hosting G20

Japan's Osaka will host the Group of 20 summit meetings on June 28-29, will be hit by strong rain and wind, the local authorities said. Osaka is likely to be hit by typhoon between Thursday night and Friday morning, possibly …

Putin and Trump to meet in Osaka on June 28

Putin and Trump to meet in Osaka on June 28

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a separate meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Osaka in the evening of June 28, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said, adding that …

Main topics of G20 summit in Osaka revealed

Main topics of G20 summit in Osaka revealed

The situation in the global economy and trade and environment-related issues will be key topics of the forthcoming summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) in Osaka from June 28 to 29, a source in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. …

Kremlin: Putin and Trump may meet in Osaka

Kremlin: Putin and Trump may meet in Osaka

There is a chance that Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump would meet at the G20 meeting in Japan’s Osaka later this month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov …

Trump intends to meet with Putin in Osaka

Trump intends to meet with Putin in Osaka

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Japan, scheduled for June 28-29. …

Osaka wins bid to host 2025 World Expo

Osaka wins bid to host 2025 World Expo

Osaka won the rights to host the 2025 World Expo, beating out rivals Yekaterinburg in Russia and the Azerbaijan capital of Baku, during voting in Paris on Friday, The Japan Times reported. Celebrations were held in Paris after the …

Dates of G20 Osaka summit announced

Dates of G20 Osaka summit announced

Japan's Cabinet decided to hold the G20 Osaka summit on June 28-29, 2019, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. "We studied the schedule of meetings and major events at the …

 Osaka to host G20 summit in 2019

Osaka to host G20 summit in 2019

Japan's government has picked the western city of Osaka to host the G20 summit in 2019, Osaka Prefecture official, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. The choice of Osaka, Japan’s second-largest …