Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera inspects the Ground Self-Defense Force's new year military exercise in Funabashi, east of Tokyo January 13, 2013. Some 300 troops and 20 aircraft took part in the exercise. [Photo/Agencies]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.