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G8 SUMMIT 2008

JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 9, 2008
Leaders call for more fuel to cool global inflation
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — The leaders of the Group of Eight nations addressed "strong concern" Tuesday about multiple transborder problems, including soaring energy and food prices, and urged the world's major energy producing states to increase output and refining to tame further price hikes.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 9, 2008
Staid events said losing relevancy
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — The three-day Toyako G8 summit will become history when it wraps up Wednesday. But with its conclusion, a growing number of critics are demanding that the whole concept of the summits becomes a thing of the past.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 9, 2008
G8 nations reaffirm Africa aid pledges
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — Faced with criticism for long delays in delivering promised aid to Africa, member nations of the Group of Eight pledged Tuesday to follow through on commitments made at the 2005 Gleneagles, Scotland, summit.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 9, 2008
More nuclear power OK'd
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — The Group of Eight leaders gave the green light Tuesday to expanded development of nuclear power, saying it is a vital energy source in the fight against global warming.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 8, 2008
Boom time for Hokkaido ski resort area
NISEKO, Hokkaido — Playing golf on a clear summer day in the shadow of Mount Yotei, otherwise known as Ezofuji, or Hokkaido Fuji, may be an ideal way to spend a vacation. But simply walking around the premises of Hilton Niseko Village, which opened July 1 in Hokkaido's resort area of Niseko, seems just as nice.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 8, 2008
New EU fund takes aim at food crisis
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — To address the ongoing international food crisis, which has sparked violent, deadly riots in several parts of the world, the European Commission hopes to make euro 1 billion available to support agriculture in developing countries, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Monday, the first day of the Group of Eight summit.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 8, 2008
Ainu artist, activist has spent a lifetime fighting prejudice
Shizue Ukaji was born in March 1933 in a small southern coastal area of Hokkaido known as Urakawa.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 8, 2008
Food crisis, Africa aid at center stage
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — The three-day Group of Eight summit kicked off Monday in Toyako with Japan's leadership of the G8 being tested by a raft of new global challenges.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 8, 2008
Indigenous peoples hold unique fear of climate change's impact
SAPPORO — Indigenous peoples will be the hardest hit by climate change because of their dependence on "Mother Earth," Ben Powless, a native Mohawk from Canada, told a convention of nongovernmental organizations Monday.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 8, 2008
Souvenir press kits aim to drive environmentalism theme home
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — A resolution against global warming may not be issued at the Group of Eight summit, but journalists covering the Toyako gathering will at least head home with eco-friendly wristwatches and rechargeable batteries.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 8, 2008
Fukuda, Brown urge G8 rebuke of Mugabe
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and British counterpart Gordon Brown agreed Monday that the Group of Eight industrialized nations should send a strong message about Zimbabwe's political chaos.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 8, 2008
G8 leaders cast Tanabata wishes
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — Everyone has hopes for the future, a reflection of their past experiences. The world leaders gathered for the Group of Eight summit are no exception — as evidenced by what they wrote on pieces of paper hung Monday from bamboo trees in the Japanese wish-making tradition of the July 7 Tanabata star festival.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 8, 2008
Kept at arm's length, protesters slam G8 leaders
SOBETSU, Hokkaido — Marching in light rain, more than 100 antisummit protesters accused the Group of Eight industrialized nations of contributing to poverty and global warming as they made their way to Toyako from the small town of Sobetsu, Hokkaido, on Monday.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 7, 2008
NGOs call on G8 to take action on tough issues
SAPPORO — After years of broken promises and ignoring problems until they turn into crises, it is time for the Group of Eight leaders to stop talking the talk and start walking the walk when it comes to climate change, poverty and human rights issues.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 7, 2008
Leaders get ready for business
TOYAKO, Hokkaido Eight years ago when Japan last hosted the leaders of the eight leading industrialized nations, the general atmosphere was that they were getting together on a nice resort island to enjoy a vacation called the G8 summit.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 7, 2008
Fukuda, Bush stand united on N. Korea
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — U.S. President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda agreed Sunday to keep pressuring North Korea on both the nuclear and abduction issues, in an apparent bid to counter criticism in Japan that Washington is abandoning Tokyo by adopting a policy of "appeasement" toward Pyongyang.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 5, 2008
Extra $50 million in food aid for developing nations
To cope with the current global food price crisis, Japan will extend additional food aid worth $50 million to developing countries by October, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 5, 2008
Space monster attack to upstage worldly woes at G8?
A science-fiction movie targeting the Group of Eight summit next week in Toyako, Hokkaido, will debut in the prefecture's theaters Saturday, allowing a beast from outer space to wreak havoc on world leaders.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 4, 2008
F1's Sato at London rally to push water, sanitation in G8 spotlight
Formula One racing driver Takuma Sato joined campaigners outside the Japanese Embassy in London on Wednesday calling for the world's richest nations to ensure a proper water supply and sanitation for everyone in the world.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 4, 2008
Proliferation worries to top G8 summary
The Group of Eight leaders next week will call for a strengthened nuclear nonproliferation framework, a transparent reduction of all nuclear powers' weapons stockpiles and for North Korea and Iran to abandon their atomic ambitions, the chairman's summit summary draft says.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.

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