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Setting the agenda for the next 25 years
 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
OKINAWA:
All eyes to focus on island
For the past few months, there has been an unusual buzz in the air as G8 fever has gripped Okinawa and animated this normally laid-back, tropical island prefecture in southern Japan ...more
SPORT:
Top team faces bigger struggles
There was a certain irony when the Daiei Hawks, the Fukuoka-based baseball team, became Japan's national champions for the first time in 35 years ...more
POVERTY REDUCTION:
Forgiving debt is OK - but not for the biggest donor
In Okinawa, the world's richest countries will turn their attention to helping the world's poorest countries. And that's when the Japanese government could find itself in a slightly embarrassing situation ...more
TECHNOLOGY:
Mori joins the IT generation
Yoshiro Mori, Japan's prime minister, provides an apt example of the digital divide that will be a main focus of discussion in Okinawa ...more
KYUSHU:
Typical city is home to innovators
Fukuoka, the largest city on the southern island of Kyushu, is often called Japan's gateway to the world. The region first established its international credentials in the 14th century ...more
ARTS:
Passionate pursuit of traditional skills
In the quiet pottery town of Yomitan, a short drive from Okinawa's capital Naha, Shinman Yamada has created a lovely house and gallery with his distinctive works that capture the warmth and unique character of the tropical prefecture ...more
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