United Press International: Japanese environment officials are suggesting that their foreign counterparts make a symbolic gesture on July 7, when the G8 Summit begins in Hokkaido, by turning their lights off after dark. “Let us look up at the constellation-filled skies together” while unnecessary lights are all off, said Ichiro Kamoshita, Japan’s environment minister at a recent press meeting. In Japan, July 7 falls on the annual Star Festival, when two stars in the Milky Way make a legendary …