On July 5, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, his wife Laureen Harper and his son Ben Harper depart Ottawa for the G8 Summit in Hokkaido, Japan. They arrive at the Sapporo airport. The next day, they arrive in Hokkaido, Japan, for the G8 Summit. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper arrive in a helicopter at Lake Toya, the site of the G8 Summit in Japan. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shake hands before a bilateral meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya, in Toyako, Japan. On July 8, a gondola takes G8 Summit participants from Lake Toya to the Windsor Toya Hotel, the site of the Summit in Japan. Prime Minister Stephen Harper receives a noren, which is a Japanese doorway curtain, at the Children's Summit. Stephen Harper signs a plaque renaming a hall at the Date City Cultural Centre Akebono "Salle Harper Hall" prior to the G8 Summit. Later that day, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda greets the leaders upon their arrival to the G8 Summit at the Windsor Toya Hotel in Japan. Stephen Harper talks with Ghana President John A. Kufuor during the outreach session of the G8 Summit. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso meets Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a bilateral meeting. Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper meet with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and his wife Kiyoko Fukuda before a social event during the G8 Summit. Family photo at the G8 Summit at the Windsor Toya Hotel in Japan. Stephen Harper also chats with Canada's J8 youth during the G8 Summit. On the same day, Kiyoko Fukuda hosts a luncheon at the Michel Bras Restaurant for the spouses of the G8 leaders, Laura Bush, Sarah Brown, Margarida Barroso, Svetlana Medvedeva, and Laureen Harper. Laureen Harper attends a Juni-hitoe demonstration and a tea ceremony at the Windsor Hotel Toya. July 8 is the second day of the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US President George W. Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and EU Commission José Manuel Barroso participate in a tree-planting ceremony before the official family photo at the G8 summit in Hokkaido Japan Tuesday. Media interview Prime Minister Stephen Harper following the second day of the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit. Laureen Harper poses with other G8 leaders' spouses for an official photo in Hokkaido, Japan. They visit the Hokkaido Market in Hokkaido, Japan. They attend a luncheon at the Maccarina Restaurant in Hokkaido, Japan. Laureen Harper is welcomed to the International Media Centre by Asimo, the Honda built Robot in Hokkaido, Japan. Laureen Harper tries on a Kimono at the Hokkaido Centre in Hokkaido, Japan. Laureen Harper tours a zero-emission house in Hokkaido, Japan. Laureen Harper watches the demonstration and tries a Toyota experimental vehicle in Hokkaido, Japan. Laureen Harper watches a flower arranging demonstration while in Japan during the G8 Summit. On July 9, the G8 leaders and major economic outreach leaders meet at the G8 summit. They pose for a group photo. Prime Minister Stephen Harper holds a news conference on the last day of the G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan. Stephen Harper also hosts bilateral meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and with China's President Hu Jintao. He meets with Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The same day, as part of the G8 leader's spousal tour, Laureen Harper meets with the J8 students during the G8 Summit. Laureen Harper plants a tree and poses for a photo with children in Hokkaido, Japan. On July 10, Japanese Akihito, Emperor of Japan and Japanese Michiko, Empress, consort of Akihito welcome Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper during an audience at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda hold a working lunch at Fukuda's official residence in Tokyo. Stephen Harper holds a news conference at the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister John Baird host a business leaders meeting at the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo. The same day, Laureen Harper tours stores in Tokyo, Japan, with Kumru Caron, the wife of Canada's Ambassador to Japan. Later that day, Stephen Harper, Laureen Harper and Ben Harper leave Japan. The following people are also depicted in the photographs: Laureen Harper, Ben Harper, Yasuo Fukuda, John Baird, Bev Oda, George W. Bush, John A. Kufuor, José Manuel Barroso, Angela Merkel, Silvio Berlusconi, Dmitry Medvedev, Gordon Brown, Laura Bush, Sarah Brown, Margarida Barroso, Svetlana Medvedeva, Nicolas Sarkozy, Kiyoko Fukuda, Nobuo Tanaka, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Ban Ki-moon, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Thabo Mbeki, Hu Jintao, Felipe Calderón, Lee Myung-bak, Manmohan Singh, Kevin Rudd, Robert Zoellick, José Ángel Gurría, Deborah Ransom, Akihito, Emperor of Japan, Michiko, Empress, consort of Akihito, Kumru Caron, Stacey Gairdner.
