After weeks of heated debate and lobbying, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi decided Thursday that Japan will hold the 2000 summit of the Group of Eight major powers in the city of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.
It will be the first time for Japan to host the meeting of G8 leaders outside of Tokyo.
Meetings of G8 foreign ministers and finance ministers on the sidelines of the summit will be held separately in the cities of Fukuoka and Miyazaki on the southern island of Kyushu.