The Finance Ministry, Financial Services Agency and Bank of Japan have met to promote research on digital currencies for possible issue by central banks, it has been learned.
Issues related to such potential currencies are expected to be on the agenda for a meeting in Saudi Arabia of finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies on Saturday and Sunday. China is preparing to issue a digital currency.
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