G7 Finance Ministers Teleconference Discussion on Response to Rapidly Slowdown in World Economy March 24, 22:36
Following the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus, the G7 = Ministers of Finance in seven major countries held a telephone conference on the night of Japan time to discuss a response to a sharp slowdown in the global economy.
After the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Aso and Finance Minister told reporters, "We will do everything necessary to restore economic growth and protect the resilience of the employment, business and financial systems."
Specific measures include providing the necessary funding to treat infected patients in health care and promoting efforts to prevent further transmission, and to continue business operations and maintain employment in economic measures. We are going to promote initiatives to support this.