OSAKA — It's billed as the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit, but if Mother Nature turns capricious, then this year's Group of Eight gathering may be forced to a different venue.

In April 1999, when then Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi chose Nago, Okinawa, as the site of the summit, concerns about typhoons were immediately raised.

The Meteorological Agency said that during an average July, three typhoons hit the Okinawa region.