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.