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G-8 leaders make wishes on Japan star festival day
TOYAKO, Japan, July 8 (Kyodo) - Leaders of the Group of Eight nations and their wives made wishes during a reception Monday on the occasion of the Japanese ''tanabata'' star festival, with many of them hoping for freedom and happiness for people in the world,Japanese officials said.
U.S. President George W. Bush wrote, ''I wish for a world free from tyranny'' on a strip of ''tanzaku'' paper, which was then displayed on a bamboo branch, while British Prime Minister Gordon Brown wished for ''an end to poverty,'' according to the officials.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda wrote a phrase based on a Japanese proverb stressing the importance of the spirit of creating the future by drawing on lessons in the past.
Sarah Brown, the wife of the British prime minister, hoped to see the eradication of mishaps related to pregnancy and childbirth, in which some 500,000 women lose their lives each year, according to the officials.
The event was part of a reception at the end of the first day of the G-8 summit at a hotel in the Lake Toya resort area in Hokkaido.
The ''tanabata'' legend says Altair and Vega, two stars normally separated by the Milky Way, are allowed to meet only once a year on July 7. People in Japan make wishes on the occasion of the festival, writing messages on strips of paper and then tying them to a bamboo branch.
U.S. President George W. Bush wrote, ''I wish for a world free from tyranny'' on a strip of ''tanzaku'' paper, which was then displayed on a bamboo branch, while British Prime Minister Gordon Brown wished for ''an end to poverty,'' according to the officials.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda wrote a phrase based on a Japanese proverb stressing the importance of the spirit of creating the future by drawing on lessons in the past.
Sarah Brown, the wife of the British prime minister, hoped to see the eradication of mishaps related to pregnancy and childbirth, in which some 500,000 women lose their lives each year, according to the officials.
The event was part of a reception at the end of the first day of the G-8 summit at a hotel in the Lake Toya resort area in Hokkaido.
The ''tanabata'' legend says Altair and Vega, two stars normally separated by the Milky Way, are allowed to meet only once a year on July 7. People in Japan make wishes on the occasion of the festival, writing messages on strips of paper and then tying them to a bamboo branch.
