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Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi Brings Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain to Central Region

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to regions already hit by recent floods. At least one person has died, several are missing, and homes and power lines were damaged. Flooding occurred in Dak Lak and thousands were evacuated as authorities remain on high alert for further floods and landslides.

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Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi Brings Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain to Central Region 2

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to regions already hit by recent floods. At least one person has died, several are missing, and homes and power lines were damaged. Flooding occurred in Dak Lak and thousands were evacuated as authorities remain on high alert for further floods and landslides.

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Emperor, empress in London

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Emperor Akihito (front) and Empress Michiko leave a hotel in London where they are staying, to attend a luncheon hosted by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on May 18, 2012. The imperial couple were in Britain for the 60th anniversary celebration of the queen's reign. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress in London

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Emperor Akihito (front) and Empress Michiko leave a hotel in London where they are staying, to attend a luncheon hosted by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on May 18, 2012. The imperial couple were in Britain for the 60th anniversary celebration of the queen's reign. (Pool photo)

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Sake increasing presence at diplomatic banquet

TOKYO, Japan - Then Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (3rd from back left) raises a sake cup with U.S. President George W. Bush and other Group of Eight leaders at a welcome dinner at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Hokkaido, the summit venue, on July 7, 2008.

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Chinese President Hu meets Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shake hands prior to their talks at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 9 on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit. (Pool photo)

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Indian PM Singh talks with Japanese PM Fukuda

TOYAKO, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shake hands prior to their talks at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 9 on the sidelines of the just-concluded Group of Eight summit there. (Pool photo)

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Indonesia's Yudhoyono meets Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shake hands before their talks at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 9 on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit. (Pool photo)

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Chinese President Hu talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda

TOYAKO, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shake hands prior to their talks at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 9. (Pool photo)

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Chinese President Hu talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) and Chinese President Hu Jintao (3rd from R) sit for bilateral talks at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 9. (Pool photo)

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Australia's Rudd meets Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) and Japanese Prime Yasuo Fukuda shake hands ahead of their meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 9 on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit. (Pool photo)

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16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters and representatives from international organizations pose for photos after their meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on July 9. (From L to R) are IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, South African President Thabo Mbeki, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, U.S. President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria. (Pool photo)

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16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters and representatives from international organizations pose for photos after their meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on July 9. (Pool photo)

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Fukuda, Medvedev share determination to resolve island row

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (3rd from L) meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (2nd from R) on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 8. They confirmed their determination to discuss a bilateral territorial dispute with sincerity and try to solve the longstanding problem, a Japanese official said. (Pool photo)

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16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - (From L to R) South African President Thabo Mbeki, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao chat before posing for photos after talks among leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters and representatives from international organizations at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on July 9. (Pool photo)

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G-8 leaders pose for 'family photo' on day 2 of G-8 summit

TOYAKO, Japan - With Lake Toya in the background, the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and European Union -- (From L to R) Italian Prime Silvio Berlusconi Minister, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. President George W. Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso -- pose for a ''family photo'' on the second day of a three-day summit meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 8. (Pool photo)

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Group of 5 leaders meet in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a news conference after attending a meeting of Group of Five leaders in Sapporo on July 8. The leaders of Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa are in Hokkaido for an ''outreach'' meeting with Group of Eight leaders on the third day of the three-day G-8 summit at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako on July 9.

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16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters and representatives from international organizations pose for photos after their meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on July 9. (Pool photo)

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Group of 5 leaders call for cooperation on Beijing Olympics

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L to R) South African President Thabo Mbeki, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meet the press after a meeting in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on July 8 at which they called for worldwide cooperation to make next month's Beijing Olympics a success. The Group of Five leaders are in Hokkaido for an ''outreach'' meeting with Group of Eight leaders on the third day of the three-day G-8 summit at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako on July 9.

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Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda meets the press at G-8 summit

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda speaks to reporters after a working lunch on the second day of the three-day Group of Eight summit at the Windsor Hotel Toya in the Toyako lakeside resort in Hokkaido on July 8. (Pool photo)

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Fukuda, Medvedev share determination to resolve island row

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 8. They confirmed their determination to discuss a bilateral territorial dispute with sincerity and try to solve the longstanding problem, a Japanese official said. (Pool photo)

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G-8 leaders plant pine trees able to absorb 20% more CO2

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (3rd L) passes a shovel to U.S. President George W. Bush while German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R of Fukuda) look on as Group of Eight leaders plant a new strain of pine trees at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 8. The trees are able to absorb 20 percent more carbon dioxide than traditional strains, experts say. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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G-8 reaches consensus on long-term CO2 cut target

TOYAKO, Japan - The leaders of the Group of Eight nations and European Union -- (From L to R) Italian Prime Silvio Berlusconi Minister, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. President George W. Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso -- pose for photos at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Japan, on July 8. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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G-8 reaches consensus on long-term CO2 cut target

TOYAKO, Japan - The leaders of the Group of Eight nations and European Union -- (From L to R) Italian Prime Silvio Berlusconi Minister, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. President George W. Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso -- pose for photos at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Japan, on July 8. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Indian premier arrives in Hokkaido for G-8 summit meeting

CHITOSE, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 7 for a meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and emerging economies at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido.

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G-8 summit: G-8 leaders attend 'Yosako' dance performance

TOYAKO, Japan - A ''Yosako! Soran'' dance performance is staged for leaders of Group of Eight countries in the evening of July 7 at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, the venue of this year's G-8 summit. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hu Jintao arrives in Hokkaido for G-8 summit meeting

CHITOSE, Japan - A motorcade carrying Chinese President Hu Jintao passes crowds of flag-waving well-wishers on his arrival at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido for a meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and emerging economies at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido. The banner, in Chinese, reads: ''President Hu, we welcome you.''

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Hu Jintao arrives in Hokkaido for G-8 summit meeting

CHITOSE, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 7 for a meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and emerging economies at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido.

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G-8 summit: Fukuda receives proposal from Junior 8 summiteers

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda flanked by other leaders of the Group of Eight nations receives a ''Junior Eight'' declaration from Shiro Kuriwaki, a high school student who represented Japan at the Junior Eight Summit, at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 7. The declaration, drafted by teenagers from 15 countries who gathered for the Junior Eight Summit in Chitose, Hokkaido, from July 2, urges G-8 leaders to be environmentally friendly and to promote low-cost medicines. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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G-8 summit: Fukuda meets with Algeria President Bouteflika

TOYAKO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) poses with Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika during a bilateral meeting at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 7. Bouteflika is in Japan for an ''outreach'' meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and key African countries. (Pool photo)

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G-8 summit: G-8 leaders pose for commemorative photo

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight nations and other invited participants pose for a commemorative photo on July 7, the opening day of the three-day G-8 summit at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido. From L to R: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Ghana's President John Kufuor, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, U.S. President George W. Bush, Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and World Bank President Robert Zoellick. (Pool photo)

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G-8 summit: Fukuda meets with South African President Mbeki

TOYAKO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (far L) meets with South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki (far R) on the sidelines of an ''outreach'' meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and key African countries at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido, on July 7. (Pool photo)

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G-8 summit: Fukuda meets with South African President Mbeki

TOYAKO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) poses with South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki during a bilateral meeting at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido, on July 7. Mbeki is in Japan for an ''outreach'' meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and key African countries. (Pool photo)

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G-8 summit: G-8 leaders pose for commemorative photo

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight nations and other invited participants chat during a photo session for G-8 and African leaders attending the G-8 ''outreach'' meeting at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido, on July 7. From L to R: Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, U.S. President George W. Bush, Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy. (Pool photo)

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G-8 summit: G-8 leaders pose for commemorative photo

TOYAKO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (4th from L) shakes hands with U.S. President George W. Bush after government leaders of the Group of Eight nations and other invited participants posed for a commemorative photo on July 7, the opening day of the three-day G-8 summit at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido. Others in the photo are (from L to R): Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade. (Pool photo)

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German Chancellor Merkel talks with Japanese PM Fukuda

TOYAKO, Japan - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shake hands at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, July 7. They met on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit. (Pool photo)

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German Chancellor Merkel talks with Japanese PM Fukuda

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rd from R) sit for their bilateral talks at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, July 7. They met on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit. (Pool photo)

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Canada's Harper holds talks with Fukuda

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Windsor Hotel Toya in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 6. (Pool photo)

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Canada's Harper holds talks with Fukuda

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) holds talks with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2nd from L) at the Windsor Hotel Toya in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 6. (Pool photo)

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Security tight around Windsor Hotel Toya

TOYAKO, Japan - Police maintain guard around the Windsor Hotel Toya on July 6 in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido, where leaders of the Group of Eight countries will hold a summit meeting July 7 to 9.

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Bush, Fukuda meet press after their talks

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) and U.S. President George W. Bush (L) respond questions from reporters at a join press conference after their talks at the Windsor Hotel Toya in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 6. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Bush heads to G-8 summit venue of Windsor Hotel Toya

TOYAKO, Japan - Vehicles carrying U.S. President George W. Bush and his staffers head to the Group of Eight summit venue of the Windsor Hotel Toya in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 6 amid tight security.

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Bush, Fukuda meet press after their talks

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. President George W. Bush (L) at the Windsor Hotel Toya in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 6 after their talks. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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G-8 summit to begin July 7 at Windsor Hotel Toya

TOYAKO, Japan - Photo taken on July 6 shows the Windsor Hotel Toya in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido, where the summit of the Group of Eight countries will take place July 7 to 9. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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G-8 summit to open July 7

TOYAKO, Japan - A policeman stands guard July 5 on a road leading to the Windsor Hotel Toya (in the background) in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido, where the summit of the Group of Eight countries will take place July 7-9.

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G-8 summit to open July 7

TOYAKO, Japan - Vehicles head to the Windsor Hotel Toya in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 5 where the summit of the Group of Eight countries will be held July 7-9. The vehicles were taking part in a trial run for the event.

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G-8 conference room shown to media

TOYAKO, Japan - A conference room inside the Windsor Hotel Toya in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido, where the summit of the Group of Eight countries will be held from July 7 to 9, is shown to the media on July 4. The leaders from G-8 countries and the European Union will gather there on July 8 for their working session.

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New staffers join Windsor Hotel Toya

TOYA, Japan - New staffers attend a ceremony April 1 of their joining the Windsor Hotel Toya, the site of the Group of Eight summit in July.

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National public safety chief inspects G-8 venue in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Shinya Izumi (L), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, arrives at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on Nov. 19 to inspect security arrangements at the lakeside hotel, which will serve as the main venue for the Group of Eight Summit next year.

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Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido picked to host 2008 G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - Toyako Town Mayor Yoshio Nagasaki speaks outside the Windsor Hotel Toya in his town on April 23. He welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to hold the summit of the Group of Eight nations in 2008 in the Lake Toya hot-spring resort town in southern Hokkaido.