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• Japanese, Chinese tech firms jointly sowing seeds of eco-innovation

  ​While the rhetoric from leading economies on environmental issues has lost no emphasis as evidenced at a recent meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) environment and energy ministers, Japan and China, for their parts, have been busy together getting "hands on."

• Chinese, Japanese FMs hold phone conversation over G20 summit

  Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Wednesday over the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) summit in Osaka, Japan.

• Steady growth of China's economy helpful to G20 countries

  ​Marcel Smits, chairman of Cargill Asia Pacific, said the U.S. agriculture and food company is confident about maintaining its presence in China.

• Xi urges Chinese, Japanese youth to promote bilateral ties

  Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged young people in China and Japan to make contributions to a bright future of bilateral relations.

• 20 years on, a look at cooperation mechanism of G20

• China calls on upcoming G20 summit to support multilateralism

  ​China hoped that the upcoming G20 summit in Osaka, Japan would send a strong signal of supporting multilateralism and opposing unilateralism, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in Beijing Tuesday.

• Osaka gears up to host global guests

  Top leaders from the Group of 20 nations will congregate to take part in the G20 Summit, which is scheduled from June 28 to 29.

• World calls for joint efforts to protect global growth as G20 draws near

  Ahead of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Japan, the international community is calling for joint efforts by major economies to help maintain global growth amid rising uncertainties.

• Trade restrictions among G20 continuing at historic high levels: WTO

  The World Trade Organization's (WTO) 21st Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures issued Monday showed that trade coverage of new import-restrictive measures introduced in the October 2018 to May 2019 period was more than 3.5 times the average since May 2012.

• Security beefed up in Osaka ahead of G20 summit

  ​Railway operators in western Japan stopped the use of coin lockers and trash cans at major train stations in Osaka Prefecture from Monday, in an effort to step up security ahead of the upcoming Group of 20 Summit.

• China to uphold multilateralism, oppose protectionism at G20 summit

  ​China is ready to work with relevant sides to firmly uphold multilateralism, and oppose unilateralism and protectionism at the upcoming Group of Twenty (G20) summit in Osaka, Japan, said senior officials in Beijing Monday.

• Equality, sincerity key to resolving stalled trade talks

  Dialogue and consultation based on an equal footing and sincerity, instead of tariffs, are the only effective ways to break the impasse in China-U.S. trade talks, experts said.

• Chinese president to attend G20 summit

  Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 14th Group of 20 (G20) summit in Osaka, Japan from June 27 to 29.

• WTO chief hopes G20 summit will help ease trade tension

  ​The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo said Thursday there are hopes from WTO members that trade tensions will be alleviated at the G20 summit in Japan next week.