Ahead of Japanese-hosted summit, Japan puts ban on nuclear proliferation high on priority list. Other issues include food crisis, Middle East talks, Afghanistan war, Darfur.
The summit of the group of eight industrialized nations (G8) will be held in the Japanese Island of Hokkaido on July 7-9, focusing on the global efforts to prevent the distribution [...]

Yangon, Myanmar — The directors of several relief organizations in Myanmar said Wednesday that some of the international aid arriving into the country for the victims of Cyclone Nargis was being stolen, diverted or warehoused by the country’s army.
The United States military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center said there was a possibility that “a significant tropical [...]

Residents of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa might like their tofu and other Japanese favourites, but they are just as likely to tuck into fast food burgers and other dishes first made familiar by American troops.
Weve been used to American food from an early age and people think its just as Okinawan as chanpuru [...]