Main events scheduled in Japan for March 13-19:
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.
