Main events scheduled in Japan for Jan. 9-15:
Jan. 9 (Mon)
-- Coming of Age Day national holiday.
-- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to visit France, Italy, Britain, Canada and the United States through Jan. 15.
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.
-- Detention period for psychiatric evaluation of Tetsuya Yamagami, man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to end.
-- Kyushu Electric Power Co. to restart commercial operation of No. 3 reactor at Genkai nuclear plant in Saga Prefecture.
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.
-- Kansai Electric Power Co. to restart commercial operation of No. 3 reactor at Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture.
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 Jan. 15.
Jan. 15 (Sun)
-- Third anniversary of confirmation of Japan's first coronavirus case.
