Main events scheduled for March 6-12

Main events scheduled in Japan for March 6-12:

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)

-- Balance of payments statistics for January to be released by Finance Ministry.

-- "Economy watchers" survey for February to be released by Cabinet Office.

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.

-- Fukuoka High Court to rule on appeal by woman against 15-year sentence for manipulating her friend to starve her 5-year-old son to death in 2020.

March 10 (Fri)

-- Corporate goods price index for February to be released by Bank of Japan.

-- 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.

-- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda to hold press conference.

-- 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 Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

March 12 (Sun)

-- No major events.

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