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G-8 JUSTICE MINISTERS BEGIN 3-DAY MEETING TO ADDRESS TERRORISM
Tokyo, June 12 (Kyodo) - Justice and home affairs ministers of the Group of Eight nations started a three-day meeting Wednesday in Tokyo to address issues such as countermeasures against terrorism by extremist groups as well as individuals.
Following a dinner party Wednesday, the participants from Japan, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the United States will start full discussions Thursday on how to combat terrorism, crimes abusing personal information such as credit cards and passports, as well as drug crimes, government officials said.
The meeting of justice ministers is jointly chaired by Japanese Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama and Japan's National Public Safety Commission Chairman Shinya Izumi. The G-8 ministers will release a declaration at the end of Friday's session, the officials said.
On counterterrorism measures, the ministers are expected to focus on threats posed by individuals who do not belong to any terrorist organizations and are apparently spurred by perceived discrimination or persecution against them.
Meanwhile, Hatoyama met Robert Marolt, state secretary of the Justice Ministry of Slovenia, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, on the sidelines of the G-8 event.
The two officials agreed to continue their efforts to conclude a treaty on Japan-EU cooperation on criminal investigation in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-8 talks, a Japanese Justice Ministry official said.
Following a dinner party Wednesday, the participants from Japan, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the United States will start full discussions Thursday on how to combat terrorism, crimes abusing personal information such as credit cards and passports, as well as drug crimes, government officials said.
The meeting of justice ministers is jointly chaired by Japanese Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama and Japan's National Public Safety Commission Chairman Shinya Izumi. The G-8 ministers will release a declaration at the end of Friday's session, the officials said.
On counterterrorism measures, the ministers are expected to focus on threats posed by individuals who do not belong to any terrorist organizations and are apparently spurred by perceived discrimination or persecution against them.
Meanwhile, Hatoyama met Robert Marolt, state secretary of the Justice Ministry of Slovenia, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, on the sidelines of the G-8 event.
The two officials agreed to continue their efforts to conclude a treaty on Japan-EU cooperation on criminal investigation in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-8 talks, a Japanese Justice Ministry official said.
