DIARY-Japan-March 3 -EU-Japan Climate change seminar

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Wednesday, March 3

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

0100 -- EU-Japan Policy Seminar, Climate Change Negotiations
afer Copenhagen - Now What? Speakers include Jurgen Lefevere,
Policy Coordinator, International Climate Change Negotiations,
Director-General for Climate Action, European Commission and Jun
Arima, Deputy Director-General for Environmental Affairs at
Japan's trade ministry.

0130 -- January wage earnings data [JPOVRT=ECI] ECONJP

0730 -- Jurgen Lefevere, Policy Coordinator, International
Climate Change Negotiations, Director-General for Climate Action,
European Commission, to hold news conference.

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Thursday, March 4

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- U.S. deputy secretary of State James Steinberg begins two
day visit to visit Japan.

2350* -- Ministry of Finance capital expenditure survey for
October-December [JPBUSX=ECI] ECONJP

0130 -- Bank of Japan policy board member Tadao Noda delivers
speech to business leaders in Otsu, western Japan

0130 -- Liquidity-enhancing JGB auction
Correspondents Club of Japan

0300 -- Shigeru Ishiba, policy chief of the main opposition
Liberal Democratic Party, to speak at Foreign Correspondents Club
of Japan.

0415 -- Liquidity=enhancing JGB auction result

0530 -- BOJ Noda press conference

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Friday, March 5

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- Cabinet meeting followed by Finance Minister Naoto Kan
news conference.

2350* -- Foreign exchange reserves for February [JPRES=ECI]
ECONJP

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Monday, March 8

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- February economy watchers' survey [JPEWDI=ECI]

2350* -- January current account [JPCURA=ECI] ECONJP

2350* -- Bank lending, money stock data for February
[JPBNK=ECI]

0430 -- Corporate bankruptcy data for February [JPBARC=ECI]
[JPBARY=ECI]

COMPANIES

0530 -- Finnair (FIA1S.HE) to brief on Japan business
strategy.

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Tuesday, March 9

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- Romanian President Traian Basescu begins three day visit
to Japan.

0130 -- Thirty-year JGB auction

0345 -- Thirty-year JGB auction result

0500 -- Leading and coincident indicators for January
[JPLEIN=ECI] [JPCIIN=ECI] ECONJP

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Wednesday, March 10

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2345* -- Economist Group hosts 5th Japan CFO Roundtable with
key speakers including former Finance Ministry currency tsar
Hiroshi Watanabe, Bank of Japan Policy Board member Miyako Suda
and FSA Commissioner Katsunori Mikuniya

2350* -- January machinery orders data [JPMORD=ECI]

2350* -- February corporate goods price index [JPCGP=ECI]
[JPCGPY=ECI]

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Thursday, March 11

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2350* -- October-December revised GDP [JPGDR1=ECI]
[JPGDAR=ECI] [JPGDPR=ECI] [JPDFLR=ECI] ECONJP

0130 -- Five-year JGB auction

0345 -- Five-year JGB auction result

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Friday, March 12

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

0430 -- Revised industrial output for January [JPIP1=ECI]
ECONJP

COMPANIES

0100 -- Ricoh Co Ltd (7752.T) announces business strategy
plan.

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