Leaders from the world have wrapped up their first day of meetings at the G20 summit in the western Japanese city of Osaka.
A flurry of talks are taking place on the sidelines of the G20 summit held in Osaka. Japan's prime minister sat down with the US president. Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump agreed to cooperate to make the G20 a success.
A Japanese district court has ordered the central government to pay damages worth about 3.5 million dollars to families of people with Hansen's disease, saying the families' constitutional rights were violated.
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Key words : leaders from the world
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Leaders from the world have wrapped up their first day of meetings at the G20 summit in the western Japanese city of Osaka.
Despite expressing concern over trade tensions, leaders appeared jovial during an initial meet-and-greet. But Japanese officials say many are worried about the risk to the global economy posed by ongoing disputes.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe opened the summit's first session by stressing the importance of free and open trade.
Abe said, "Anxiety and discontent brought about by globalization can sometimes create the possibility of protectionism. This can lead to sharp divisions among countries. But trade restriction does not profit any nation."
The tit-for-tat tariff dispute between the United States and China has already been a contentious issue.
And many leaders worry about the spillover effect it may have on other economies.
Key words : sideline Osaka sat down
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A flurry of talks are taking place on the sidelines of the G20 summit held in Osaka. Japan's prime minister sat down with the US president. Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump agreed to cooperate to make the G20 a success.
Abe said, "At this G20 summit, I want to send out a strong message to the world about our commitment to helping solve the challenges the international community is facing, such as sustainably developing the global economy. I believe cooperation between Japan and the United States is essential for such an effort."
Trump said, "I just want to thank you and I know we're going to have a very successful day. We're going to be talking about many things. And we're going also to be talking about a lot of trade."
He added, "So we'll be discussing trade, we'll be discussing military and we'll be discussing the purchase of a lot of military equipment by Japan, and we appreciate that. "
The two leaders also confirmed their intent to enhance the Japan-US alliance, saying it has never been stronger.
Just before heading to the G20, Trump complained a longstanding security treaty between the two countries is one-sided. But Japanese officials say Abe and Trump did not discuss the president's recent remarks.
The two did talk about a range of topics, including Iran, North Korea and the ongoing bilateral trade negotiations.
After the meeting, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined them for trilateral talks. The three reaffirmed they will work together to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Key words : abe proposed framework
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At the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has proposed creating a new international framework for discussing rules for the digital economy. The Japanese government calls it "the Osaka track."
World leaders met to discuss the plan on Friday to stake out their positions on the issue. Abe pitched the idea for the first time at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year.
Abe urged the other G20 leaders to ease the restrictions on data flows. He said, "To maximize the vast potentiality of this rapidly proceeding digitalization, international rules that do not lag behind this trend are indispensable."
Abe added, "In particular, we need to create rules on data flow and e-commerce, which are the driving engines of the digital age."
Data is being called the new oil in the increasingly interconnected digital era. An enormous amount of information is being generated every minute. Data is also key to the cross-border transactions that have become a cornerstone of international business.
However, data regulation and protectionism have become buzzwords around the world.
China requires businesses to store their information on servers inside the country, and restricts the transmission of data abroad.
The EU and emerging economies are also concerned about global data flows. They have started to regulate them. Some analysts warn that these protectionist moves could wind up hurting global economic growth.
The leaders are divided on how new resources should be controlled, secured, and profited from.
Observers say Beijing's participation would contribute to the success of any global framework, because of China's giant e-commerce industries, and the sheer size of the Chinese market.
They also point out that key challenges for "the Osaka track" include how to reach a compromise with Beijing, and how to get the more data-restrictive EU and emerging markets on board.
Key words : Trump Putin sat down
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The US President Donald Trump also sat down with Russian President Vladimir Putin in one of the more highly anticipated sideline meetings of the summit.
At the onset, the two leaders expressed willingness to improve relations that are said to be at the worst level since the Cold War.
Trump said, "We have many things to discuss, including trade and including some disarmament, some little protectionism perhaps, in a very positive way.
Putin said, "Our teams have been working together and this gives us a great opportunity to follow up on our meeting in Helsinki."
This was their first one-on-one in almost a year, and relations had considerably soured since then.
Domestically, the alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election has continued to dog Trump.
And the two parties seem far apart on another major issue...nuclear disarmament. The future of two key agreements are in doubt.
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Key words : G20 goal wide range
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The G20 summit is officially kicking off in Osaka. The goal is to reach a consensus on a wide range of pressing issues -- despite conflicting views and competing interests.
Most of the world leaders are already in Osaka. Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel touched down Friday morning.
There are four sessions planned.
Topics include the global economy, digital innovation, women's empowerment and the environment.
But trade is expected to dominate discussions -- largely due to the United States shifting its approach under President Donald Trump.
Trump's preference for bilateral deals and his complaints that other countries are taking advantage of the US has disrupted international trading norms.
And as the US and China continue to butt heads on a trade deal, there are growing concerns the economy could sag if G20 leaders do not present a unified front.
Key words : Trump Xi breakthrough
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Key words : district court ordered pay damages
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A Japanese district court has ordered the central government to pay damages worth about 3.5 million dollars to families of people with Hansen's disease, saying the families' constitutional rights were violated.
The court is the first to rule that the state is responsible for damage inflicted on the families.
The Kumamoto District Court handed down the ruling on Friday in a lawsuit filed by 561 plaintiffs across Japan. The plaintiffs are the families of patients who contracted the disease and were sent to isolation facilities under a now-defunct state policy.
The plaintiffs said that due to the policy, they suffered discrimination and their family ties were destroyed.
The families demanded that the state pay each of them about 51,000 dollars in damages.
Presiding judge Kotaro Endo said that by 1960, the isolation policy was seen as unnecessary. He pointed out the failure of health ministers and the Diet in getting rid of the policy for decades. A law implementing the policy was finally annulled in 1996.
The health ministry said on Friday that it learned that part of the government's claim was not approved in the ruling. It said it will closely examine the ruling and decide how to respond by consulting related government agencies.
A court ruling finalized in 2001 called the policy unconstitutional and ordered the government to compensate former Hansen's patients.
Key words : UFG bank first
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MUFG Bank has become the first Japanese financial institution to be designated a yuan-clearing bank.
China's central bank granted the designation after a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sideline of the G20 meeting in Osaka, Japan .
Japanese businesses can now settle their yuan-denominated transactions through MUFG instead of using financial institutions in China.
Beijing is easing regulations to promote international use of the yuan, in a bid to show the world it is opening up its financial markets.
Attention is now focused on whether the designation will spur more investment in China by Japanese companies.
Key words : 20-year-old fujita
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A 20-year-old man from Tokyo has come in second place in the piano category of the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Mao Fujita was one of seven finalists. The prizewinners were announced on Thursday at a music academy in Moscow. Fujita shared second place and silver medals with Dmitriy Shishkin of Russia.
Fujita, a third-year student at the Tokyo College of Music, started taking piano lessons when he was three.
He earned international acclaim when he won the Clara Haskil Competition in Switzerland in 2017. He has already been performing in concerts.
Fujita said he was a runner-up this time and that he wants to come back to the next competition, four years from now. He said that in the meantime he will continue to create beautiful sounds.
In the violin category, Japanese-American Mayumi Kanagawa was a co-winner of the fourth prize.
The Tchaikovsky contest, held every four years, is one of the world's three main classical music competitions along with the International Chopin Piano Competition in Poland and the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium.
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