Main events scheduled in Japan for Oct. 17-23:
Oct. 17 (Mon)
-- Keidanren head to hold press conference.
Oct. 18 (Tues)
-- Tokyo High Court to hand down ruling on vote value disparity in upper house election in July.
-- CEATEC, a major annual electronics and information technology fair, to be held in Chiba through Friday.
-- Tokyo District Court to hand down ruling on Kazusa Nakamura, former official of Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau, who has been charged with scamming government coronavirus subsidies.
Oct. 19 (Wed)
-- Data on number of foreigners visiting Japan in September to be released by Japan Tourism Agency.
Oct. 20 (Thurs)
-- Tokyo metropolitan government to start new subsidy tourism program.
-- Customs-cleared trade statistics for April-September period and September alone to be released by Finance Ministry.
-- Former Empress Michiko to turn 88.
Oct. 21 (Fri)
-- Nationwide consumer price index for September to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Oct. 22 (Sat)
-- No major events.
Oct. 23 (Sun)
-- Naha, Niigata, mayoral elections to be held.
