Leaders arriving for G8 summit

Climate change, soaring oil prices and possible steps against Zimbabwe were high on the agenda as leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers gathered in Japan for their annual summit.

With fewer than 200 days left in his term, US President George Bush was to meet today with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who is hosting the three-day meeting at the picturesque lakeside resort of Toyako on the northern island of Hokkaido.