Updated Saturday, May 31, 2008 0:00 am TWN, AFP

Japan, Africa pledge urgent action on food crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Africa’s leaders and Japan pledged Friday to ramp up the continent’s food production, seeking to put the crisis of spiralling prices firmly on the agenda of the Group of Eight rich nations. Wrapping up a three-day summit in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan also won renewed support for its top foreign policy goal — securing a permanent seat at the U.N. Security Council — which has been blocked under pressure from China.
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