Japan has proposed that the Group of Eight nations jointly establish a $100 million fund to fight AIDS and other infectious diseases when they meet for their July 21-23 summit in Okinawa, G8 sources said Thursday.
Japan is also working toward an agreement to set up an expert task force on infectious diseases at the summit.
The Okinawa meeting will gather leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and Russia.