Main events scheduled for December

Main events scheduled in Japan for December:

Dec. 1 (Thurs)

-- Official campaigning to start for Saga gubernatorial election.

-- Princess Aiko, daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, to turn 21.

-- Results of consumer confidence survey for November to be released by Cabinet Office.

-- Statistics showing corporate financial results by industry for July-September period to be released by Finance Ministry.

-- New motor vehicle sales data for November to be released by Japan Automobile Dealers Association.

-- Government request for households and companies to conserve electricity this winter goes into effect through March 31.

-- Japan's top buzzwords of 2022 to be announced.

Dec. 2 (Fri)

-- Nagoya High Court to hand down ruling on appeal by city of Nagoya against being ordered to pay 33.8 million yen ($244,000) as part of the expenses for holding the Aichi Triennale 2019 art festival.

Dec. 3 (Sat)

-- Government-run World Assembly for Women conference to be held in Tokyo.

Dec. 4 (Sun)

-- No major events.

Dec. 5 (Mon)

-- Cap on Russian crude oil prices set by Group of Seven advanced economies to take effect.

Dec. 6 (Tues)

-- Average household spending data for October to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

-- New motor vehicle sales data by model for November to be released by Japan Automobile Dealers Association.

Dec. 7 (Wed)

-- Composite indexes of economic indicators for October to be released by Cabinet Office.

-- Nagoya District Court to hand down ruling on former upper house lawmaker Yasuo Yamashita for allegedly defrauding Central Japan Railway Co. in order to get 1st-class shinkansen bullet train tickets.

Dec. 8 (Thurs)

-- Official campaigning to start for Miyazaki gubernatorial election.

-- Official campaigning to start for Reiwa Shinsengumi leadership election.

-- Revised gross domestic product data for July-September period to be released by Cabinet Office.

-- Results of monthly "economy watchers" survey for November to be released by Cabinet Office.

-- Balance of payments statistics for October to be released by Finance Ministry.

Dec. 9 (Fri)

-- Empress Masako to turn 59.

-- Tokyo District Court to hand down ruling on damages suit filed by SoftBank Corp. against a former employee for leaking its 5G network technology information to rival Rakuten Mobile Inc.

Dec. 10 (Sat)

-- Last day of extraordinary Diet session.

Dec. 11 (Sun)

-- No major events.

Dec. 12 (Mon)

-- Survey on business outlook for October-December period to be released by Finance Ministry.

-- The kanji, or Chinese character, that best describes this year's social mood in Japan to be selected.

Dec. 13 (Tues)

-- No major events.

Dec. 14 (Wed)

-- Bank of Japan to release quarterly Tankan business sentiment survey.

-- Machinery orders for October to be released by Cabinet Office.

-- Supreme Court's Grand Bench to hold appeal hearing on suit filed by two groups of lawyers seeking to invalidate October 2021 lower house election due to vote value disparity.

Dec. 15 (Thurs)

-- Customs-cleared trade statistics for November to be released by Finance Ministry.

Dec. 16 (Fri)

-- No major events.

Dec. 17 (Sat)

-- No major events.

Dec. 18 (Sun)

-- Saga gubernatorial election to be held.

Dec. 19 (Mon)

-- Bank of Japan to hold 2-day monetary policy meeting.

Dec. 20 (Tues)

-- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda to hold press conference.

Dec. 21 (Wed)

-- Number of foreign visitors to Japan in November to be released by Japan National Tourism Organization.

Dec. 22 (Thurs)

-- Kyoto District Court to hold 1st hearing on Aoki Holdings Inc. president and two others indicted for handing out bribes to former Tokyo Olympic executive in return for games sponsorship.

Dec. 23 (Fri)

-- Former Emperor Akihito to turn 89.

-- Minutes of Oct. 27-28 Policy Board meeting to be released by Bank of Japan.

-- Nationwide consumer price index for November to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

Dec. 24 (Sat)

-- No major events.

Dec. 25 (Sun)

-- Miyazaki gubernatorial election to be held.

Dec. 26 (Mon)

-- No major events.

Dec. 27 (Tues)

-- Ratio of job offers to job seekers for November to be released by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

-- Unemployment rate for November to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

-- Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. to launch Osaka-Bangkok route.

Dec. 28 (Wed)

-- Most Japanese companies, government offices to have final working day of 2022.

-- Summary of opinions from Dec. 19-20 monetary policy meeting to be released by Bank of Japan.

-- Preliminary industrial production index for November to be released by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Dec. 29 (Thurs)

-- Princess Kako, niece of Emperor Naruhito and youngest daughter of Crown Prince Fumihito, to turn 28.

Dec. 30 (Fri)

-- Tokyo Stock Exchange to hold final trading session of this year.

Dec. 31 (Sat)

-- No major events.

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