Main events scheduled in Japan for November:
Nov. 1 (Tues)
-- New motor vehicle sales data for October to be released by Japan Automobile Dealers Association.
-- The Tokyo metropolitan government to launch partnership system to recognize sexual minority couples.
-- Sendai High Court to hand down ruling on vote value disparity in upper house election in July.
-- Theme park featuring characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli's hit animations to open in Aichi Prefecture.
Nov. 2 (Wed)
-- Minutes of Sept. 21-22 Policy Board meeting to be released by Bank of Japan.
-- Fukuoka High Court's Naha branch to hand down ruling on vote value disparity in upper house election in July.
Nov. 3 (Thurs)
-- Culture Day national holiday.
-- Official campaigning to start for Ehime gubernatorial election.
Nov. 4 (Fri)
-- Fukuoka High Court's Miyazaki branch to hand down ruling on vote value disparity in upper house election in July.
Nov. 5 (Sat)
-- No major events.
Nov. 6 (Sun)
-- Official campaigning to start for Fukuoka mayoral election.
Nov. 7 (Mon)
-- New motor vehicle sales data by model for October to be released by Japan Automobile Dealers Association.
Nov. 8 (Tues)
-- Composite indexes of economic indicators for September to be released by Cabinet Office.
-- Average household spending data for September to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
-- Summary of opinions from Oct. 27-28 monetary policy meeting to be released by Bank of Japan.
-- Fukuoka District Court to hand down ruling on Yoko Urakami, former nursery school head, for causing the death of 5-year-old boy from heatstroke after leaving him on school bus.
Nov. 9 (Wed)
-- Balance of payments statistics for September to be released by Finance Ministry.
-- Fukuoka High Court to hand down ruling on appeal by Rie Ikari against five-year prison sentence for leaving her 5-year-old son to starve to death.
Nov. 10 (Thurs)
-- Official campaigning to start for Wakayama gubernatorial election.
-- Nagoya High Court's Kanazawa branch to hand down ruling on vote value disparity in upper house election in July.
Nov. 11 (Fri)
-- Fukuoka High Court to hand down ruling on vote value disparity in upper house election in July.
-- Corporate goods price index for October to be released by Bank of Japan.
Nov. 12 (Sat)
-- No major events.
Nov. 13 (Sun)
-- Kumamoto mayoral election to be held.
Nov. 14 (Mon)
-- International Atomic Energy Agency team to investigate through Nov. 18 the safety of Japan's planned release of treated water into sea from crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Nov. 15 (Tues)
-- 45th anniversary of 1977 abduction of Megumi Yokota, then 13-year-old schoolgirl in Niigata, by North Korean agents.
-- Preliminary gross domestic product data for July-September period to be released by Cabinet Office.
-- Sendai High Court's Akita branch to hand down ruling on vote value disparity in upper house election in July.
Nov. 16 (Wed)
-- Machinery orders data for September to be released by Cabinet Office.
-- Number of foreign visitors to Japan in October to be released by Japan National Tourism Organization.
Nov. 17 (Thurs)
-- Customs-cleared trade statistics for October to be released by Finance Ministry.
Nov. 18 (Fri)
-- Nationwide consumer price index for October to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Nov. 19 (Sat)
-- No major events.
Nov. 20 (Sun)
-- Ehime gubernatorial election to be held.
-- Fukuoka mayoral election to be held.
Nov. 21 (Mon)
-- No major events.
Nov. 22 (Tues)
-- No major events.
Nov. 23 (Wed)
-- Labor Thanksgiving Day national holiday.
Nov. 24 (Thurs)
-- No major events.
Nov. 25 (Fri)
-- Sendai High Court to hand down ruling in damages lawsuit filed by about 140 plaintiffs against Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. over 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
-- Osaka District Court to hand down ruling in damages lawsuit filed by wife of former Finance Ministry official over his death in relation to document tampering.
Nov. 26 (Sat)
-- No major events.
Nov. 27 (Sun)
-- Wakayama gubernatorial election to be held.
Nov. 28 (Mon)
-- No major events.
Nov. 29 (Tues)
-- Unemployment rate for October to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
-- Ratio of job offers to job seekers for October to be released by Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
Nov. 30 (Wed)
-- Preliminary industrial production index for October to be released by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
-- Crown Prince Fumihito to turn 57.
-- Tokyo District Court to hand down ruling in damages lawsuit filed by eight plaintiffs over government ban on same-sex marriage.
