Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000


C1774	C1775

Issue	Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000
Date of Issue	21 June 2000 (Heisei 12)
Denomination	80 yen x 2
Quantity	15,000,000 pairs
Designs	Flowers of Okinawa, Miyazaki and Fukuoka
Image Area	25.0 x 35.5 millimeters, vertical
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	10 stamps (2 x 5)
Designer	Arai Sonoko (illustrator)
Layout	Morita Motoharu (public service designer of stamps)
First Day of Issue Postmark	Nago Post Office

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.

(Small Notes for the Issue)
Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000 meetings were held in Okinawa, Miyazaki and Fukuoka in July 2000. The financial ministers met in Fukuoka, the ministers of foreign affairs gathered in Miyazaki and the heads of the states went to Okinawa. France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Canada, Russia, the EU and Japan participated and talked over political and economic problems. This is the fourth time for Japan to host the summit.

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