Japan G8 Summit Security Prep

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Security is tight on the northern Japanese city of Sapporo ahead of next week's G8 leaders summit. The beefed up security showed further signs of growing security jitters. Here's more.

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Police in Sapporo conducted a security training exercise on Friday morning.

The security budget bottles out at $280 million U.S. dollars. That's $100 million more than was spent at the last summit in Germany.

Japan is fearful of violence during the July 7-9 G8 summit. It has deployed 21,000 police officers on the northern island of Hokkaido, where the meeting will be held.

All this security has baffled Sapporo residents.

[Yoshihiro Manazuka, Sapporo Resident]:
"I was driving in my car but was soon stuck in a traffic jam for more than 30 minutes. So I gave up and took a subway and just now got off it and I am heading to my office."

[Keiko Shiba, Sapporo Resident]:
"I took a bus which usually takes a few minutes and would not take that long, but it ended up taking more than one and a half hour."

So far Japan has detained and questioned around 40 people, including journalists and academics. But many have been allowed to enter the country after several hours.

Demonstrations are anticipated near the summit venue -- where some 1,000-plus protesters are expected to gather in three camp sites. Organizers of a peace rally in Sapporo ahead of the summit hope to draw 10,000 participants.

But tight security and the sheer cost of traveling to the remote summit site is expected to
dampen turnout compared to previous summits.

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