Main events scheduled in Japan for Oct. 24-30:
Oct. 24 (Mon)
-- Budget committees of House of Representatives and House of Councillors to hold deliberations.
-- Tokyo International Film Festival to be held through Nov. 2.
Oct. 25 (Tues)
-- Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, an opposition lawmaker, to give memorial speech for late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Diet.
-- Cultural Affairs Agency to hold expert panel meeting prior to investigation of the Unification Church, now formally known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
-- Nagoya High Court to hand down ruling on vote value disparity in upper house election in July.
Oct. 26 (Wed)
-- First anniversary of marriage between former princess Mako and commoner Kei Komuro.
Oct. 27 (Thurs)
-- Bank of Japan to hold two-day monetary policy meeting.
-- Sapporo High Court to hand down ruling on vote value disparity in upper house election in July.
Oct. 28 (Fri)
-- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda to hold press conference.
-- Unemployment rate for September to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
-- Ratio of job offers to job seekers for September to be released by Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
-- Hiroshima High Court to hand down ruling on vote value disparity in upper house election in July.
Oct. 29 (Sat)
-- No major events.
Oct. 30 (Sun)
-- Fukushima gubernatorial election to be held.
-- Official campaigning to start for Kumamoto mayoral election.
