Japan is keen to offer some USD106 billion to the International Monetary Fund should the global lender need supplementary funds to assist emerging economies, a Japanese government source revealed. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is expected to make the pitch at the forthcoming G-20 summit on Nov. 14, the source added. (“Japan to propose at G20 offering Y10 trln aid to IMF” - Thomson Reuters, Nov. 13, 2008)