Main events scheduled in Japan for Friday, Dec. 9:
-- Empress Masako turns 59.
-- Japan, Australia hold meeting of foreign, defense ministers.
-- Deadline for Unification Church to respond to government inquiries.
-- Tokyo District Court to hand down ruling on damages suit by SoftBank Corp. against former employee for leaking 5G network technology information to rival Rakuten Mobile Inc. at 1:30 p.m.