Daily Yomiuri: The conflict of views between the United States and European nations in the latest U.N. climate conference essentially reduced Japan to a peripheral role in the meeting in Bali, Indonesia. If Japan is to bring the Group of Eight summit meeting in Toyakocho, Hokkaido, next year to a successful conclusion, it must try to go beyond attempts just to mediate among participants and play a more active part in resolving the conflict of opinions about how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in …