At the recent state funeral for Keizo Obuchi, Japan's former Prime Minister who died in May, a giant, sandy coloured mound stood in the place where a shrine would normally be. This, the funeral organisers explained to mourners, was meant to represent Mr Obuchi's dream of holding a successful G8 summit in the sandy, southern Japanese island resort of Okinawa....more

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