Events
G7 officials to draft new climate-change strategies
(May 23rd, 2016) As part of their preparation for the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Japan on May 26-27, G7 environmental officials have agreed to draft long-term strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions “as soon as possible” in order to lead global efforts to address manmade climate change. The ministers held a two-day meeting in Toyama to discuss following up on the Paris Agreement, a pact to fight global warming brokered between 195 nations in December. Countries agreed then to create “long-term low greenhouse-gas emission development strategies” by 2020. “We commit to develop and communicate our strategies to the UNFCCC Secretariat, as soon as possible and well within the schedule provided by the COP21...
Japan’s stronger position in this G7 Summit
( May 2nd, 2016) Japan’s role in this year’s G7 Summit will be more important than in previous...
Japan Announces Outreach Meeting During G7 Summit
( May 2nd, 2016) Japan will hold an outreach meeting during the G7 Ise-Shima Summit, inviting the...
MOFA urges Japan to engage in consultations with ROC on disputed Okinotori waters
(May 2nd, 2016) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on Japan to enter talks with the Republic of...
Vietnam asks Japan to continue help to address climate change
(April 25th, 2016) Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has asked for Japan’s continued assistance...
Japanese healthcare lessons for the G7 Summit
(April 18th, 2016) The G7 Summit will consider global health concerns (which will presumably...
G7 foreign ministers meet in Hiroshima
( April 11st, 2016) Foreign ministers of the G7 nations met early this week in Hiroshima, Japan, to...
G7 to invite Vietnam, some other nations in region to summit
(April 11st, 2016) In a sign that the G7 nations (Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, the United...
Japanese government spokesman to speak on BGF – G7 Summit Initiative topics
( April 11st, 2016) Yasuhisa Kawamura, the Director General for Press and Public Diplomacy for the...
Upbeat sides of the summit
(April 11st, 2016) The G7 Summit will take up far more than such dark topics as terrorism,...
Japan sets economy, terrorism, Russia, North Korea as summit priorities.
(April 4th, 2016) Japan announced last week what it said it hoped would be priorities for the G7...
Abe says G7 host Japan will tighten security
(March, 28th ) Prime minister Shinzo Abe denounces attacks in Belgium, hikes security as ministry...
China presses Japan not to bring up South China Sea at G7 Summit
(March 26th 2016) China has pressed Japan not to broach Beijing’s disputes with regional...
BGF’s cybersecurity agenda is focused on adopting norms
(March, 19th) The Boston Global Forum (BGF) is presenting to participants in the G7 Summit its...
The G7 Summits: What they are
(29th Feb 2016) The Boston Global Forum propose practical responses to some of the urgent issues...
The G7 meetings locations
(22th Feb 2016) The G7 meetings will be held in the following locations. The G7 meetings...
Official Twitter account launched for G7 Japan 2016
(February, 15th, 2016) The Japanese government today launched an official English...