By James Franey
Fixing the world economy, tackling the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, and boosting global trade.
It would be a pretty ambitious programme for any government over a number of years.
But the leaders of the G7 club of nations will be taking on all of them in Japan over the next two days.
The host country will be joined by the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Germany.
Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker, the two most senior EU officials will be there.
Expect some more of those awkward three-way handshakes, which have become a feature of official gatherings of this kind.
Neither China nor Russia are on the guest list. But both will be on the agenda.
Russia was suspended from the then G8 in March 2014 over the annexation of Crimea.
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Source: euronews.
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