Finance Minister Jun Azumi and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan's confirmation on Sunday that they would take concerted action to help contain the debt crisis in Europe is believed to reflect the two countries' strong apprehension that the crisis may spread to Asia.
Japan and China also are expected to cooperate in calling for self-help efforts by European nations during a meeting of the Group of 20 financial ministers and central bank governors that will start in Mexico on Saturday.
The focus of the bilateral meeting was to discuss ways to prevent the European debt crisis from deteriorating further and ways to check the crisis' affect on Asian nations. (Yomiuri)
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