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40th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan

GINOWAN, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) delivers a speech at a ceremony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Okinawa Prefecture's return to Japan from U.S. military rule at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan in the prefecture on May 15, 2012.

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2008 G-8 summit invitation race intensifying

TOKYO, Japan - The Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, was the venue of the G-8 summit in July 2000.

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Japan, Pacific summit wraps up with 45 bil. yen fresh ODA

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a news conference at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 27 at the end of the two-day summit of leaders from Japan and Pacific island states.

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Japan, Pacific summit wraps up with 45 bil. yen fresh ODA

NAGO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and Pacific island states gather at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 27, for the second day of their summit.

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Japan, Pacific summit wraps up with 45 bil. yen fresh ODA

NAGO, Japan - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, co-chairmen of the summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island states, chat at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 27.

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Japan, Pacific island nations meet for summit in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) makes a toast with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare, who co-chairs the fourth summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island nations with Koizumi, at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26.

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Japan, Pacific island nations meet for summit in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) responds to questions from reporters after the first session of the summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island nations at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26. (Pool photo)

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(3)IDB holds annual meeting in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki delivers an opening speech as the Inter-American Development Bank holds an annual meeting at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 10. (Pool photo)

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(2)IDB holds annual meeting in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito gives a speech at the opening of an annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 10. (Pool photo)

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(1)IDB holds annual meeting in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - The Inter-American Development Bank begins an annual meeting at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 10. (Pool photo

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Public gets a peak at G-8 venue

NAGO, Japan - A family on July 28 takes a look at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center, the main venue for the Group of Eight (G-8) summit, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. The center is open to the public for three days. It will then be available for private rentals.

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G-8 leaders hold final-day session of Okinawa summit

NAGO, Japan - Leaders from the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations hold their final-day session of their three-day policy-making summit at the Bankoku Shinryokan, a newly constructed convention center in Nago, Okinawa, on the morning of July 23. They are British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, French President Jacques Chirac, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, European Commission President Romano Prodi and Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato.

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G-8 leaders in 2nd-day session in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) powers meet for the second-day session of their three-day summit at the Bankoku Shinryokan, a convention center newly built for the summit, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 22.

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G-8 leaders begin 2nd-day session of 3-day Okinawa summit

NAGO, Japan - Photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Bill Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (from L to R). Leaders from the Group of Eight (G-8) industrial powers begin the second-day session of the three-day summit at the Bankoku Shinryokan, a newly built convention center for the summit, in Nago, Okinawa, on the morning of July 22.

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G-8 leaders hold 2nd-day session of Okinawa summit

NAGO, Japan - Leaders from the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations hold their second-day session of their three-day policy-making summit at the Bankoku Shinryokan, a newly constructed convention center in Nago, Okinawa, on the morning of July 22. They are (clockwise order from far L) British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, French President Jacques Chirac, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, European Commission President Romano Prodi and Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato.

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G-8 leaders gather for 2nd-day session of Okinawa summit

NAGO, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrial nations gather in front of the Bankoku Shinryokan, a newly built convention center for the annual summit, ahead of the start of the second-day session of the three-day event in Nago, Okinawa, on the morning of July 22. They are (from L to R) Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, French President Jacques Chirac, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and European Commission President Romano Prodi.

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High school students of G-8 nations start summit in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Thirty high school students from the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations kick off a youth summit on June 24 at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, covering such issues as peace, the environment and the economy ahead of next month's G-8 summit. The two-day G-8 ''Youth Summit,'' bringing together three students each from Okinawa, Fukuoka and Miyazaki prefectures and three each from the seven other G-8 members, opened with section meetings on three major themes -- peace and conflict, ways to stop environmental destruction and the role of developed nations in achieving prosperity.

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High school students from G-8 start youth summit in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Thirty high school students from the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations start a two-day ''Youth Summit'' June 24 at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, central Okinawa. They are discussing such issues as peace, the environment and the economy ahead of the July 21-23 summit of G-8 leaders in Nago, northern Okinawa.

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G-8 education ministers meet in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Education ministers from the Group of Eight (G-8) countries take part in an open forum at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 3. The ministers discussed education in an age of coexistence and the creation of a society based on knowledge.

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Osaka struggles for managing 70 bil. yen confab center

The Osaka International Convention Center, which cost 70 billion yen to build, is struggling to invite conferences after losing a bid to host the July 2000 summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) nations to Okinawa. The Osaka prefectural government had already reduced reservation for conventions at the center between May and July next year in hopes of winning the bid for the summit venue.

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Emperor's Okinawa visit

Performers applaud Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako (on the monitor) during the opening ceremony of art and cultural festivals at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 23, 2022.

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Emperor's Okinawa visit

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, accompanied by Empress Masako, delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of art and cultural festivals at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 23, 2022.

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Emperor's Okinawa visit

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako attend the opening ceremony of art and cultural festivals at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 23, 2022.

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Emperor's Okinawa visit

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako attend the opening ceremony of art and cultural festivals at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 23, 2022.

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Emperor's Okinawa visit

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako attend the opening ceremony of art and cultural festivals at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 23, 2022.

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Emperor's Okinawa visit

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) and Empress Masako (C) attend the opening ceremony of art and cultural festivals at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 23, 2022.

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Emperor's Okinawa visit

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako (L) arrive at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 23, 2022, for the opening ceremony of art and cultural festivals.

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(2)IDB holds annual meeting in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito gives a speech at the opening of an annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 10. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(3)IDB holds annual meeting in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki delivers an opening speech as the Inter-American Development Bank holds an annual meeting at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 10. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific island nations meet for summit in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) responds to questions from reporters after the first session of the summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island nations at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific island nations meet for summit in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) makes a toast with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare, who co-chairs the fourth summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island nations with Koizumi, at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific summit wraps up with 45 bil. yen fresh ODA

NAGO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and Pacific island states gather at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 27, for the second day of their summit. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific summit wraps up with 45 bil. yen fresh ODA

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a news conference at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 27 at the end of the two-day summit of leaders from Japan and Pacific island states. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific summit wraps up with 45 bil. yen fresh ODA

NAGO, Japan - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, co-chairmen of the summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island states, chat at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 27. (Kyodo)

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Osaka struggles for managing 70 bil. yen confab center

The Osaka International Convention Center, which cost 70 billion yen to build, is struggling to invite conferences after losing a bid to host the July 2000 summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) nations to Okinawa. The Osaka prefectural government had already reduced reservation for conventions at the center between May and July next year in hopes of winning the bid for the summit venue. ==Kyodo

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(1)IDB holds annual meeting in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - The Inter-American Development Bank begins an annual meeting at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 10. (Pool photo (Kyodo)

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G-8 leaders hold final-day session of Okinawa summit

NAGO, Japan - Leaders from the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations hold their final-day session of their three-day policy-making summit at the Bankoku Shinryokan, a newly constructed convention center in Nago, Okinawa, on the morning of July 23. They are British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, French President Jacques Chirac, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, European Commission President Romano Prodi and Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato.

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40th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan

GINOWAN, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) delivers a speech at a ceremony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Okinawa Prefecture's return to Japan from U.S. military rule at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan in the prefecture on May 15, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Public gets a peak at G-8 venue

NAGO, Japan - A family on July 28 takes a look at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center, the main venue for the Group of Eight (G-8) summit, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. The center is open to the public for three days. It will then be available for private rentals.

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G-8 leaders in 2nd-day session in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) powers meet for the second-day session of their three-day summit at the Bankoku Shinryokan, a convention center newly built for the summit, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 22.

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G-8 leaders hold 2nd-day session of Okinawa summit

NAGO, Japan - Leaders from the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations hold their second-day session of their three-day policy-making summit at the Bankoku Shinryokan, a newly constructed convention center in Nago, Okinawa, on the morning of July 22. They are (clockwise order from far L) British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, French President Jacques Chirac, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, European Commission President Romano Prodi and Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato.

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G-8 leaders gather for 2nd-day session of Okinawa summit

NAGO, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrial nations gather in front of the Bankoku Shinryokan, a newly built convention center for the annual summit, ahead of the start of the second-day session of the three-day event in Nago, Okinawa, on the morning of July 22. They are (from L to R) Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, French President Jacques Chirac, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and European Commission President Romano Prodi.