Japan's Kyodo News reported on the 16th, the Japanese government is studying the invested about $ 60 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to help prevent the further escalation of the debt crisis in Europe.

To increase IMF resources, the issue has become the focus of the Group of Twenty (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors, held in Washington on the 19th from the meeting; the IMF is the final coordination with other countries. Reported that, Japan as the IMF's second-largest contributor, hope to contribute to prevent the escalation of the crisis.

In view of the $ 100,000,000,000 Japanese contribution to the IMF in 2009 after the international financial crisis, half of which will return in the autumn, after the Japanese government has been considering to provide $ 50 billion with the same scale.

The IMF's initial replenishment target is $ 500 billion. However, some member states believe that Europe's own financial security system upgrade is still insufficient for the replenishment of cautious, IMF Managing Director Christine said on the 12thwill be reduced replenishment of the target. IMF the biggest contribution the United States is unequivocally opposed to the capital increase.