Japan to chair G-7 Finance Chiefs' meeting on Thursday 

Japan will host a meeting of finance chiefs from the Group of Seven nations on Thursday to discuss their response to Russia's war in Ukraine, including sanctions, on the fringes of a broader Group of 20 gathering in India.Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki told reporters that he will chair the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors as Japan holds the G-7 presidency this year."We'd like to reaffirm G-7 solidarity in supporting Ukraine and maintaining our pressure on Russia and discuss the impact (of the war) on the global economy," Suzuki told reporters after a Cabinet meeting, according to Japan's News Agency (Kyodo).This meeting comes ahead of the one-year anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine that has led to a slew of sanctions on Moscow imposed by the member states of the G-7 groups Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and the United States plus the European Union.Suzuki will travel to Bengaluru in southern India to meet with his G-20 counterparts who will hold substantive talks on Friday.