Main events scheduled in Japan for March:
March 1 (Wed)
-- New motor vehicles sales for February to be released by Japan Automobile Dealers Association.
March 2 (Thurs)
-- Results of consumer confidence survey for February to be released by Cabinet Office.
-- Statistics showing corporate financial results by industry for October-December 2022 period to be released by Finance Ministry.
March 3 (Fri)
-- Ratio of job offers to job seekers for January to be released by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
-- Unemployment rate for January to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
March 4 (Sat)
-- Asia Zero Emissions Community ministerial meeting in Tokyo to be hosted by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
March 5 (Sun)
-- No major events.
March 6 (Mon)
-- New motor vehicles sales data by brand for February to be released by Japan Automobile Dealers Association.
-- Sendai District Court to rule on damages suit against government by two men over forced sterilization surgery under now-defunct eugenics protection law.
March 7 (Tues)
-- No major events.
March 8 (Wed)
-- Monthly "economy watchers" survey for February to be released by Cabinet Office.
-- Balance of payments statistics for January to be released by Finance Ministry.
March 9 (Thurs)
-- Revised gross domestic product data for October-December quarter of 2022 to be released by Cabinet Office.
-- Bank of Japan to hold two-day Policy Board meeting.
March 10 (Fri)
-- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda to hold press conference.
-- Average household spending data for January to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
-- Sendai High Court to rule on appeals case over suit filed by residents of Fukushima Prefecture seeking damages from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and central government.
-- Award ceremony for Japan Academy Film Prize to be held in Tokyo.
March 11 (Sat)
-- 12th anniversary of Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
March 12 (Sun)
-- No major events.
March 13 (Mon)
-- Government to ease COVID-19 guidelines on mask-wearing and allow individuals to decide when to wear masks in daily lives.
March 14 (Tues)
-- No major events.
March 15 (Wed)
-- Many major Japanese companies to reply to labor union requests in annual "shunto" spring wage negotiations.
-- Minutes of Jan. 17-18 Policy Board meeting to be released by Bank of Japan.
-- Number of foreign visitors to Japan in February to be released by Japan National Tourism Organization.
March 16 (Thurs)
-- Preliminary customs-cleared trade statistics for February to be released by Finance Ministry.
-- Machinery orders for January to be released by Cabinet Office.
-- Sapporo High Court to rule on appeals case for damages suit filed by man over forced sterilization surgery under now-defunct eugenics protection law.
March 17 (Fri)
-- No major events.
March 18 (Sat)
-- JR East to introduce off-peak commuter passes, raise fares in Tokyo metropolitan area.
March 19 (Sun)
-- No major events.
March 20 (Mon)
-- Summary of opinions from March 9-10 Policy Board meeting to be released by Bank of Japan.
-- Japan to mark 28th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway system by AUM Shinrikyo cult.
March 21 (Tues)
-- Spring Equinox Day national holiday.
March 22 (Wed)
-- No major events.
March 23 (Thurs)
-- Official campaigning to start in unified local elections for gubernatorial elections in Hokkaido, Kanagawa, Fukui, Osaka, Nara, Tottori, Shimane, Tokushima and Oita.
March 24 (Fri)
-- Nationwide consumer price index for February to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
March 25 (Sat)
-- No major events.
March 26 (Sun)
-- Official campaigning to start in unified local elections for ordinance-designated city mayors in Sapporo, Sagamihara, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Osaka and Hiroshima.
March 27 (Mon)
-- Agency for Cultural Affairs to relocate to and begin operations in Kyoto.
March 28 (Tues)
-- No major events.
March 29 (Wed)
-- No major events.
March 30 (Thurs)
-- Pacific League to start 2023 professional baseball season.
March 31 (Fri)
-- Unemployment rate for February to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
-- Ratio of job offers to job seekers for February to be released by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
-- Preliminary industrial production index for February to be released by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
-- Central League to start 2023 professional baseball season.
