
StarOnline: Bush to visit Japan in September
U.S. President George W. Bush plans to visit Japan in early September for a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news service reported on Saturday, citing sources close to the governments of both countries. The summit is designed to coordinate the two nations' stances on international efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the run-up to a leaders' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum convening in Sydney on Sept. 8, Kyodo said. The trip would be Bush's first to Japan since November 2005.