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.