Regarding the May 19 article "Fukuda sets $10 billion climate aid to Africa": Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's investment, coupled with sound oversight and accountability, should indeed provide a model for other Group of Eight nations to consider.
If Fukuda also manages to release Japan's vast stockpile of imported rice to feed people in less fortunate countries who are desperately malnourished, he will set yet another example of showing the world the large-heartedness of Japan.
william cooper
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