Japanese Finance Minister Miyazawa opens ASEM forum

KOBE, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (C, front row) speaks at the opening session of a two-day conference of Asian and European finance ministers Jan. 13 at a hotel in Kobe's Chuo Ward. The ministers from the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) are expected to focus their discussions on the two regions' economic outlooks amid growing signs of a U.S. economic slowdown and stock price falls in key global markets.

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