Main events scheduled in Japan for Oct. 10-16:
Oct. 10 (Mon)
-- Sports Day, national holiday.
Oct. 11 (Tues)
-- New domestic travel subsidy program to start.
-- Japan to remove daily entry cap, allow foreign tourists to travel without tour guide.
-- Tokyo metropolitan government to start receiving applications under new system recognizing partnerships involving sexual minorities.
-- Preliminary balance of payments data for August to be released by Finance Ministry.
-- Monthly "economy watchers" survey for September to be released by Cabinet Office.
Oct. 12 (Wed)
-- 30th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Slovenia.
-- Machinery orders data for August to be released by Cabinet Office.
Oct. 13 (Thurs)
-- Official campaigning to start for Fukushima gubernatorial election.
Oct. 14 (Fri)
-- Osaka High Court to hand down ruling on vote value disparity in upper house election in July.
Oct. 15 (Sat)
-- Yamaguchi Prefecture to hold prefectural funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Shimonoseki city.
Oct. 16 (Sun)
-- No major events.
