Japan: Fire breaks out in Osaka building, 24 dead

Osaka:  A fire broke out at a building in the Japanese city of Osaka which left at least 24 people dead, media reports said.

Japan's Osaka imposes state of emergency due to spike in COVID-19 cases

Tokyo/Sputnik: Japan's Osaka prefecture has decided to declare a state of emergency due to the spike of COVID-10 cases exacerbated by the high occupancy rate in hospitals, governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said on Wednesday.

Amidst ‘high political tension’, UN chief appeals to G20 leaders for stronger commitment to climate action, economic cooperation

New York, June 29 (IBNS): The annual G20 summit of leaders from the largest and fastest-growing economies, got underway on Friday in Osaka, Japan, against a backdrop of what UN Secretary-General António Guterres described as “a moment of high political tension”.

G20 leaders pose for family photo as Summit begins in Japan's Osaka

Osaka, June 28 (Sputnik/UNI) Leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) posed in front of cameras for a family photo during a welcoming ceremony of the G20 summit in Japan's second largest city of Osaka on Friday.

Japan’s Abe hopes to bring Iran’s Supreme Leader to Osaka G20 summit – source

Tokyo, June 12 (Sputnik) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is heading to Iran for a historic visit in the hope of bringing the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader to this June's G20 Summit in Osaka, a source familiar with the situation told Sputnik.