OSAKA, Japan -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a joint press conference at the conclusion of the Group of 20 (G20) summit here on Saturday.

"Much work needs to be done to take Russia-Japan relations to the next level," Putin said.

"But this will set the stage to resolve the most difficult issues we are facing in a mutually acceptable manner," said the Russian president. (Japan-Russia-Ties)

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OSAKA, Japan -- China and Japan should work together to build bilateral relations in line with the requirements of the new era and make China-Japan relations an important and positive element for maintaining world peace and promoting common development, Chinese and Japanese officials and scholars have said.

The bilateral relations are standing at a new historic starting point, officials and experts from both China and Japan said. (Japan-China-Ties)

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OSAKA, Japan -- The 14th Group of 20 (G20) summit concluded here on Saturday with a pledge to realize a free, fair, non-discriminatory, transparent, predictable and stable trade and investment environment, and to keep markets open.

The G20 Osaka Leaders' Declaration adopted at the summit said international trade and investment are important engines of growth, productivity, innovation, job creation and development. (Japan-G20)

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NEW DELHI -- At least five people were killed and seven others injured Saturday after a van rammed into a container lorry in southern Indian state of Kerala, police said.

The accident took place at Walayar in Palakkad district, 356 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. (India-Traffic Accident)

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NEW DELHI -- The death toll in Saturday's wall collapse incident in India's southwestern state of Maharashtra has risen to 15, a senior official confirmed to Xinhua over phone.

Among the dead are four kids, two females and nine males and their identities are yet to be established. (India-Wall Collapse)

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MANILA -- The death toll in Friday's twin blasts inside a military camp in Sulu province in southern Philippines has reached eight, a military official said on Saturday.

Major Arvin Encinas, the spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Western Mindanao Command, told local radio that among the eight killed, three were soldiers, three were civilians, and two were the bombers. Another twelve were injured in the blasts. (Philippines-Blasts) Enditem

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