Main events scheduled for Friday, Dec. 9

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.

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