●G8 Summit Leaders' Meeting
Dates: July 7 (Mon) to 9 (Wed), 2008
Venue: Hokkaido Toyako Town

*Ministry of Foreign Affairs Home Page: G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
*Official site of Hokkaido Toyako Summit Preparation Council 2008
*Hokkaido Prefecture
*Sapporo's Warm Welcome to all our Guest G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
*The Hokkaido Shimbun Press: G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
*Yokoso! HOKKAIDO PASS (JR Hokkaido Railway free pass)


Ministerial Meetings and Related International Meetings:

○Ministerial Meeting of the Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development
Dates: March 14 (Fri) to 16 (Sun), 2008
Venue: Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall, Chiba, Japan
Hosted by: Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
※For more information including media accreditation, go to theMOE website News Headline (Feb. 29, 2008).

○Development Ministers’ Meeting
Dates: April 5 (Sat) to 6 (Sun), 2008
Venue: Mita Conference Hall (Mita Kaigisho), Minato-ku, Tokyo
Hosted by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
※For more information, go to the MOFA website "G8 Development Ministers' Meeting 2008".


●Labour and Employment Ministers’Meeting
Dates: May 11 (sun) to 13 (tue), 2008
Venue: Toki Messe, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecutre
Hosted by: Ministry of Labour, Healthe and Welfare

*G8 Labour and Employment Ministers' Meeting (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Home Page)
*City of Niigata Home Page

※For media accreditation and queries, please contact Japan Convention Service. The deadline for registration to cover the meeting is Wednesday, April 30.
Tel: 03-3508-1249, Fax: 03-3508-0820
Email: G8labor-pr@convention.co.jp


●Environment Ministers’ Meeting
Dates: May 25 (sun) to 27 (tue), 2008
Venue: Kobe Port Pier Hotel, Kobe City, Kyogo Pref.
Hosted by: Ministry of the Environment

*Kobe Environment Ministers Meeting 2008 home page(Ministry of the Environment)
*Kobe City home page

※For more information including media accreditation, go to the MOE home page News Headlines dated April 18, 2008. Registration deadline is Wednesday, April 30.

●Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV)
Dates: May 28 (wed) to 30 (fri), 2008
Venue: Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Pref.
Hosted by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

*TICAD IV (MOFA home page)
*City of Yokohama TICAD IV page

※For media accreditation, go to Press Accreditation for TICAD IV(MOFA home page). Registration deadline is Wednesday, May 7.


●Justice and Home Affairs Ministeral Meeting, 2008
Dates: June 11 (wed) to 13 (fri), 2008
Venue: Westin Hotel Tokyo, Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Hosted by: National Police Agency, Ministry of Justice

*G8 Justice and Home Affiars Ministeral Meeting 2008 home page

※For the outline of the meeting and query, go to Outline of the Tokyo Meeting page, media accreditation, Information for Press page.



●Finance Ministers’ Meeting
Dates: June 13 (fri) to 14 (sat), 2008
Venue: Osaka City
Osaka City http://www.city.osaka.jp/english/

●Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Dates: June 26 (thu) to 27 (fir), 2008
Venue: Kyoto City
Kyoto City http://www.city.kyoto.jp/koho/eng/index.html