Japanese fin min Aso comments:
- global economy likely to pick up toward next year but downside risks, such as geopolitical ones, remain high
- told G20 Japan has taken sufficient steps to mitigate pain from oct sales tax hike
- No discussion now among G20 nations to take coordinated, immediate action to fend off shock
- Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda is right in saying global growth pickup timing likely to be delayed
- Japan's economic woes cannot be fixed by monetary policy alone, coordination with fiscal policy needed
- When Japan needs economic support, we are ready to take fiscal measures flexibly
- told G20 Japan's economy likely to sustain moderate recovery driven mainly by domestic demand
