Main events scheduled for Monday, Sept. 19

Main events scheduled in Japan for Monday, Sept. 19:

-- Respect-for-the-Aged Day, national holiday.

-- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to leave for New York to speak at an annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly.

-- 7th anniversary of passage of security laws expanding Self-Defense Forces' role overseas.

-- 10th anniversary of establishment of Nuclear Regulation Authority.

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