Japan to host APEC meet

Japan to host APEC meet

TOKYO (AFP): Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is to propose at the forthcoming APEC meeting in Indonesia that Japan host a conference on energy-related issues in the Asia-Pacific region next April.

The joint government-private sector conference would deal with ways to improve supply-demand relations as the region is likely to face an energy shortage if economies continue to expand at the current pace, Hashimoto told reporters.

Hashimoto met the press before the ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Jakarta starting Nov. 11.