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Over 700 police stage VIP motorcade drill for G-8 summit

NAHA, Japan - More than 700 police officers staged a VIP motorcade escort drill in Naha on July 9 in preparation for the July 21-23 summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) major powers in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. Each motorcade involved 12 to 14 police vehicles. Police motorcycles led the way and traffic signals along the road were adjusted for the drill. The motorcades left the airport at three-minute intervals and the first arrived at the Bankoku-shinryo Kan just before 8 a.m.