Japan's finance minister Aso likely to skip G20 meeting next week - Reuters

Citing unidentified sources on the matter

Says that it is likely that Taro Aso will not attend the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires on 19-20 March.

These were the earlier headlines, which were followed by vice finance minister Asakawa's comments here.

Not really market moving, but keeping up with the developments in the Japanese political scene - which is starting to take a backseat as the Nikkei continues to head higher on the day now up by 0.50%, in turn helping to boost USD/JPY and yen pairs.