Former leaders call for reduction in wealth disparity

AWAJISHIMA, Japan - Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (L) and former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa sit for a news conference at the end of the plenary session of InterAction Council held in Awajishima Island, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. Fraser said, ''Globalization has resulted in economic growth in some regions and among some populations, but its benefits have been unequally distributed.''

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