Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) and his wife Chikako Aso look at a Volkswagen 'Beetle' car which was used to help Germans to flee the former German communist state GDR as they visit the Checkpoint Charlie Museum, in Berlin on May 5, 2…

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) waves on his arrival to attend a meeting at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in L'Aquila, central Italy, on July 9, 2009. Group of Eight leaders grappled at a summit in Italy with reining in unprecedented…