Country JapanFlag
Leader Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
Population 127.76 million (the 2005 Population Census)
Area 378,000 km2
Capital Tokyo
Past Summit Meetings Kyushu-Okinawa Summit (2000)
Tokyo Summit (1993)
Tokyo Summit (1986)
Tokyo Summit (1979)
Country CanadaFlag
Leader Prime Minister Stephen Joseph Harper
Population 31.61 million (censused in 2006)
Area 9,971,000 km2
Capital Ottawa
Past Summit Meetings Kananaskis Summit (2002)
Halifax Summit (1995)
Toronto Summit (1988)
Ottawa Summit (1981)
Related Information MOFA Website "Regional Affairs: Canada"
Country French RepublicFlag
Leader President Nicolas Sarkozy
Population 63.1 million (estimated in 2006)
Area 547,000 km2
Capital Paris
Past Summit Meetings Evian Summit (2003)
Lyon Summit (1996)
Arch Summit (1989)
Versailles Summit (1982)
Rambouillet Summit (1975)
Related Information MOFA Website "Regional Affairs: France"
Country Federal Republic of GermanyFlag
Leader Chancellor Angela Merkel
Population 82.43 million (at the end of 2005)
Area 357,000 km2
Capital Berlin
Past Summit Meetings Heiligendamm Summit (2007)
Cologne Summit (1999)
Munich Summit (1992)
Bonn Summit (1985)
Bonn Summit (1978)
Related Information MOFA Website "Regional Affairs: Germany"
Country Republic of ItalyRepublic of Italy
Leader Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Population 59.21 million (February 2007)
Area 301,000 km2
Capital Rome
Past Summit Meetings Genoa Summit (2001)
Naples Summit (1994)
Venice Summit (1987)
Venice Summit (1980)
Related Information MOFA Website "Regional Affairs: Italy"
Country Russian FederationFlag
Leader President Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
Population 142.00 million (January 2008)
Area Approx. 17,070,000 km2
Capital Moscow
Past Summit Meetings Saint Petersburg Summit (2006)
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Country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Leader Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Population 60.21 million (2006)
Area 243,000 km2
Capital London
Past Summit Meetings Gleneagles Summit (2005)
Birmingham Summit (1998)
London Summit (1991)
London Summit (1984)
London Summit (1977)
Related Information MOFA Website "Regional Affairs: United Kingdom"
Country United States of AmericaUnited States of America
Leader President George Walker Bush
Population 281.42 million (2000)
Area 9,628,000 km2
Capital Washington D.C.
Past Summit Meetings Sea Island Summit (2004)
Denver Summit (1997)
Houston Summit (1990)
Williamsburg Summit (1983)
Puerto Rico Summit (1976)
Related Information MOFA Website "Regional Affairs: United States"
Country European UnionEuropean Union
Leader President José Manuel Durão Barroso
French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Population 490 million (2007)
Area 4,340,000 km2
European Commission (Location) Brussel
Related Information MOFA Website "Regional Affairs: EU"