Main events scheduled in Japan for Tuesday, Nov. 8:
-- Total lunar eclipse to occur.
-- Minutes of Oct. 27-28 Policy Board meeting to be released by Bank of Japan.
-- Household spending data for September to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications at 8:30 a.m.
-- Preliminary composite indexes of economic indicators for September to be released by Cabinet Office at 2 p.m.
-- Cultural Affairs Agency to hold expert panel meeting prior to investigation of Unification Church, now formally known as Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
-- Fukuoka District Court to hand down ruling on head of nursery school over death of 5-year-old boy left behind on school bus she had driven.
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- Okayama Branch of Hiroshima High Court to rule on vote value disparity seen in July upper house election.
