Main events scheduled for January

Main events scheduled in Japan for January:

In late January

-- Ordinary Diet session to be convened.

Jan. 1 (Sun)

-- New Year reception to be held at Imperial Palace.

-- Government plan to curb electricity and city gas prices as part of inflation-relief step for households and companies to start.

-- Japan to begin two-year term as nonpermanent member of U.N. Security Council, occupying rotating presidency for month of January.

Jan. 2 (Mon)

-- Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to extend New Year's greetings to public gathered at Imperial Palace for first time since 2020.

Jan. 3 (Tues)

-- No major events.

Jan. 4 (Wed)

-- Tokyo Stock Exchange to hold first trading session of 2023.

Jan. 5 (Thurs)

-- Consumer sentiment data for December to be released by Cabinet Office.

-- Domestic auto sales for December to be released by Japan Automobile Dealers Association.

-- Law to ban organizations from maliciously soliciting donations, enacted following criticism of fundraising practices of Unification Church, to take effect.

-- Campaigning to start for gubernatorial election in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Jan. 6 (Fri)

-- No major events.

Jan. 7 (Sat)

-- No major events.

Jan. 8 (Sun)

-- Six-month anniversary of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's fatal shooting in Nara by Tetsuya Yamagami over grudge with Unification Church.

Jan. 9 (Mon)

-- No major events.

Jan. 10 (Tues)

-- Household spending data for November to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

-- National Travel Discount program, government-led effort to spur domestic tourism, to restart.

Jan. 11 (Wed)

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

Jan. 12 (Thurs)

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

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

Jan. 13 (Fri)

-- Tokyo District Court to hand down ruling on defamation case regarding 2019 car accident in Ikebukuro that killed mother and child.

Jan. 14 (Sat)

-- Unified university entrance exams to be held through Sunday.

Jan. 15 (Sun)

-- Third anniversary of confirmation of Japan's first coronavirus case.

Jan. 16 (Mon)

-- Japan and India to conduct first joint fighter jet drill through Jan. 26.

Jan. 17 (Tues)

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

Jan. 18 (Wed)

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

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

Jan. 19 (Thurs)

-- Customs-cleared trade statistics for December, whole of 2022 to be released by Finance Ministry.

-- Campaigning to start for gubernatorial election in Aichi Prefecture.

Jan. 20 (Fri)

-- National consumer price indexes for December, whole of 2022 to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

Jan. 21 (Sat)

-- No major events.

Jan. 22 (Sun)

-- Gubernatorial election to be held in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Jan. 23 (Mon)

-- Kumamoto District Court to rule on damages suit filed against government by two people over forced sterilization surgeries under now-defunct eugenic protection law.

Jan. 24 (Tues)

-- Nagasaki District Court to rule on 2 million yen damages suit against Nagasaki's prefectural government by American assistant language teacher over its handling of her allegations of sexual harassment including by her boss.

Jan. 25 (Wed)

-- Supreme Court's Grand Bench to rule on appeals case on suit filed by two groups of lawyers seeking to invalidate October 2021 lower house election over vote value disparity.

Jan. 26 (Thurs)

-- Summary of opinions from Jan. 17-18 monetary policy meeting to be released by Bank of Japan.

Jan. 27 (Fri)

-- No major events.

Jan. 28 (Sat)

-- No major events.

Jan. 29 (Sun)

-- No major events.

Jan. 30 (Mon)

-- No major events.

Jan. 31 (Tues)

-- Unemployment rate for December, whole of 2022 to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

-- Ratio of job offers to job seekers for December, whole of 2022 to be released by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

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

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