Main events scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 17

Main events scheduled in Japan for Wednesday, Jan. 17:

-- Machinery orders for November to be released by Cabinet Office at 8:50 a.m.

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

-- Numbers of foreign visitors arriving in Japan in December, whole of 2022 to be released by Japan National Tourism Organization at 4:15 p.m.

-- Ruling to be handed down by Nara District Court on House of Representatives lawmaker belonging to Japan Innovation Party over violation of public offices election law in October 2021 vote.

-- Ruling to be handed down by Tokyo High Court over case involving 3 ex-TEPCO executives who were acquitted of failing to prevent Fukushima nuclear crisis at 2 p.m.

-- Ruling to be handed down by Nara District Court on House of Representatives lawmaker belonging to Japan Innovation Party over violation of public offices election law in October 2021 vote at 3 p.m.

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