Japan stayed at G-20 talks in order to condemn Russia: minister

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said he refrained from joining some other Group of 20 counterparts who walked out of talks held Wednesday in protest at Russia's presence so that he could condemn Moscow at the meeting over its invasion of Ukraine."I severely condemned Russia's invasion as the principal cause of many issues that the global economy is facing and stated that Russia should not be at the G-20 meeting," Suzuki said at a press conference.Suzuki said he criticized Russia's aggression in the strongest language, adding most of the G-20 members agreed that the war in Ukraine …READ FULL ARTICLE