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Regaining Credibility of the G8 Process
The G8 has taken a battering over the past few days. On Monday, the Africa agenda stalled with little in the way of creative initiatives. On Tuesday, the communiqué on the world economy on seemed divo… more →
G8 Toyako 2008
No Underdress Discovery Excitement aka NUDE
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tictaek wrote 2 months ago: Ah, that title makes no sense. First of all, because Okada san takes a ton of pictures and me, well, … more →
Hokkaido mon Amour!
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denisevents wrote 4 months ago: Hokkaido Mon Amour! By Denis Plamondon Photos by Sandra D’Sylva and Denis Plamondon * Rebun fl … more →
Hakodate to Toyako
Sarah wrote 5 months ago: Day 3 (Monday) We woke up to a cold and wet morning though it’s summer time. We were greeted b … more →
Smoke and ashes
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dohrnaira wrote 5 months ago: I’ve seen volcanos before. The old, sleepy kind, in whose craters you can play tarot or get su … more →
Lowering Expectations: Major Economies Meeting
Andrew Schrumm wrote 1 year ago: On the final day of this year’s G8 Summit in Hokkaido Toyako, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda w … more →
Regaining Credibility of the G8 Process
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Andrew Cooper wrote 1 year ago: The G8 has taken a battering over the past few days. On Monday, the Africa agenda stalled with littl … more →
G8 Food Security Statement
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Andrew Schrumm wrote 1 year ago: This afternoon, the G8 leaders put out a statement on global food security in response to the troubl … more →
G8 papers over differences on climate change
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webgard wrote 1 year ago: TOYAKO, Japan – G8 nations, papering over deep differences on how to set goals to combat globa … more →
Bob Geldof, the Successful Provocateur
Andrew Cooper wrote 1 year ago: Despite the one-day, lacklustre meeting between G8 and African leaders, there are a few people left … more →
G8 Stalls African Agenda
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Andrew Cooper wrote 1 year ago: Donor fatigue has set in at the G8. Support for Africa is getting short shrift as G8 leaders turn th … more →
There we go again...
artnexus wrote 1 year ago: this time, to the Windsor Hotel at Lake Toya, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. And who are “we … more →
G8 to Promote Food Stockpiles
Andrew Schrumm wrote 1 year ago: In the last year, the average price of corn has increased by some 60 percent, soybeans by 76 percent … more →
Tanabata
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tokyo5 wrote 1 year ago: Today is 七夕 (Tanabata). I mentioned Tanabata in a earlier blog post here. And I wrote a short FAQ en … more →
China and the G8: Problem or Solution?
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Gregory Chin wrote 1 year ago: Pressure is mounting on the G8 to address the question of China’s membership in the Club. The perfec … more →
Koizumi Calls for Action on Climate Change
Andrew Schrumm wrote 1 year ago: Former Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi delivered a passionate keynote address at the Cente … more →
High Profile Discussion at CIPPS
Andrew Schrumm wrote 1 year ago: On Thursday, July 3rd, the Center for International Public Policy Studies (CIPPS) held a high-level, … more →
Indian Government in ventilator
noolo wrote 1 year ago: Communists in India could pull plug of 14th Indian parliament anytime now on Ind0-US nuclear deal. L … more →
Fourth of July
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tokyo5 wrote 1 year ago: I have been asked a number of times if Japan “celebrates the Fourth Of July (American Independ … more →
Kieo Conference: G8 as a Security Organization
Andrew Schrumm wrote 1 year ago: For the first five years of its existence, the G8 remained an exclusively economics-focused organiza … more →
