TOKYO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii will not attend a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of 20 major economies in St. Andrews, Scotland, government sources said on Monday.
The 77-year-old minister will skip the meeting partly because of Japan's extraordinary parliamentary session, which convened earlier in the day, the sources told Reuters.
The session was called after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's landslide election win to discuss key legislation, and will be limited to 36 days. [ID:nT280692]
Senior Vice Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is expected to take part in the meeting on behalf of Fujii, the sources added.
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the group will meet on Nov. 6 to 7 to follow up on discussions from the G20 summit in Pittsburgh in late September.
