Miyakejima junior high kids graduate from school

Miyakejima junior high kids graduate from school

TOKYO, Japan - Thirty-nine youngsters, who were evacuated from Miyakejima Island last September in the wake of volcanic eruptions there, attend a ceremony to mark their graduation from junior high school, at Akikawa High School in Akiruno, western Tokyo, on March 19. Some of the students (standing) receive applause from lower grade students. The graduating students attended three junior high schools on the island before it was hit by the eruptions. They have since been boarding at Akikawa High School.

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

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.

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

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.

Miyakejima junior high kids graduate from school

Miyakejima junior high kids graduate from school

TOKYO, Japan - Thirty-nine youngsters, who were evacuated from Miyakejima Island last September in the wake of volcanic eruptions there, attend a ceremony to mark their graduation from junior high school, at Akikawa High School in Akiruno, western Tokyo, on March 19. Some of the students (standing) receive applause from lower grade students. The graduating students attended three junior high schools on the island before it was hit by the eruptions. They have since been boarding at Akikawa High School.