Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and his counterparts from the Group of Seven economic powers will meet Saturday in Fukuoka and discuss the policy implications of information technology, international financial system reforms and debt-relief programs for poor countries.
The G7 finance chiefs will renew their commitment to international efforts to crack down on money laundering, tax havens and other potential threats to the global financial system.
The discussions at the Fukuoka meeting and a subsequent Group of Eight foreign ministers' meeting on July 12 and 13 in Miyazaki will culminate in the July 21-23 G8 summit in Okinawa.