New G20 chair Japan wants trade imbalances, ageing population on 2019 agenda

Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso looks on during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's joint news announcement in Abe’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Japan will put issues ranging from global trade imbalances to the impact of ageing populations on the agenda when it chairs next year's meetings of leaders from the Group of 20 major economies, government officials said.

At the end of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Finance Minister Taro Aso unveiled the "priority issues" to be taken up by his counterparts and central bank governors next year when Japan takes over the chairmanship from Argentina.