Global downside risk up: Abe tells G20

The global economic outlook is increasing, Japan's PM Abe has told the G20.

The global economic outlook is increasing, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told the G20. (AAP)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told the G20 summit that the downside risk to the global economic outlook is increasing, a senior Japanese government spokesman said.

The summit its happening in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.