DIARY-Japan-July 6 -BOJ's Shirakawa to make speech

**** Ohayo gozaimasu from Reuters Tokyo newsroom ****

-- For real-time forecasts and updates of Japanese economic
indicators click ECONJP

-- For top Japan news click on [TOP/JP]

-- All events in Tokyo unless stated otherwise.

-- Times, when available, shown in GMT; asterisk* indicates
GMT is previous day.

-- Inclusion of an event in the diary does not always mean
that Reuters will report on that item.

-----------------------------------------------------------

Monday, July 6

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

0000 -- Bank of Japan branch managers' meeting

0030 -- BOJ releases text of speech by Governor Masaaki
Shirakawa

0500 -- BOJ releases regional economic report

0500 -- Leading and coincident indicators for May

-----------------------------------------------------------

Tuesday, July 7

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano and Economics Minister
Yoshimasa Hayashi hold news conferences after Cabinet meeting.

2350 -- June foreign reserves data [JPRES=ECI]

0130 -- 40-year JGB auction

0300 -- Anime director Yoshiyuki Tomino, creator of the first
Gundam anime series, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents Club of
Japan. (www.fccj.or.jp/node/4696)

0345 -- 40-year JGB auction result

0600 -- Kang Chol-hwan, former North Korean concentration
camp inmate and Choson Ilbo reporter, to speak at the Foreign
Correspondents Club of Japan about life in a North Korean
concentration camp and what is happening in the country today.

COMPANIES

-- Reuters Japan Investment Summit
(here)

0400 -- Sony Corp (6758.T) to unveil new Vaio PC models

0600 -- Aeon Co Ltd (8267.T) Q1 earnings

-----------------------------------------------------------

Wednesday, July 8

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2350* -- Machinery orders for May [JPMORD=ECI] ECONJP

2350* -- Current account data for May [JPCURA=ECI]

2350* -- Bank lending data for June [JPBNK=ECI]

2350* -- Money stock for June

0300 -- Weekly crude oil and petroleum product stocks data

0400 -- Corporate bankruptcy data for June

0500 -- Economy watchers' survey for June [JPEWDI=ECI]

COMPANIES

-- Reuters Japan Investment Summit
(here)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Thursday, July 9

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

0130 -- Liquidity-enhancing JGB auction

0415 -- Liquidity-enhancing JGB auction result

COMPANIES

0600 - Fast Retailing (9983.T) Q3 results

-----------------------------------------------------------

Friday, July 10

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano and Economics Minister
Yoshimasa Hayashi hold news conferences after Cabinet meeting.

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

0800 -- Opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio
Hatoyama to hold a news conference at Japan Press Club

-----------------------------------------------------------

Monday, July 13

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

0430 -- Revised industrial output for May [JPIP4=ECI]
ECONJP

0500 -- Consumer sentiment survey for June [JPCONI=ECI]

-----------------------------------------------------------

Tuesday, July 14

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- Bank of Japan begins a two-day policy board meeting
[JPINTR=ECI]

-- Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano and Economics Minister
Yoshimasa Hayashi hold news conferences after Cabinet meeting.

COMPANIES

0430 -- Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) unveils new Lexus HS250h
hybrid model

-----------------------------------------------------------

Wednesday, July 15

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- Bank of Japan monetary policy decision [JPINTR=ECI]
followed by news conference by BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa

0300 -- Weekly crude oil and petroleum product stocks

0300 -- Former Bush administration officials, Stephen Yates
and Christian Whiton, speak on U.S. foreign policy at Foreign
Correspondents Club of Japan (www.fccj.or.jp/node/4705)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Thursday, July 16

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2330 -- Reuters Tankan [JPRTAN=ECI] ECONJP

0130 -- Five-year JGB auction

0345 -- Five-year JGB auction result

0500 -- Bank of Japan releases monthly economic report for
July

COMPANIES

0300 -- Tokyo Stock Exchange CEO Atsushi Saito speaks on the
financial crisis and corporate governance at the Foreign
Correspondents Club of Japan. (www.fccj.or.jp/node/4683)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Friday, July 17

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano and Economics Minister
Yoshimasa Hayashi hold news conferences after Cabinet meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------

Monday, July 20

No major events scheduled

-----------------------------------------------------------

Tuesday, July 21

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2350* -- Bank of Japan releases minutes of June 15-16 policy
board meeting

-- Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano and Economics Minister
Yoshimasa Hayashi hold news conferences after Cabinet meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------

Wednesday, July 22

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

0130 -- BOJ Deputy Governor Hirohide Yamaguchi delivers
speech to business leaders in Hakodate, northern Japan.

0130 -- 20-year JGB auction

0345 -- 20-year JGB auction result

0530 -- BOJ's Yamaguchi holds a news conference

-----------------------------------------------------------

Thursday, July 23

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

0300 -- Weekly crude oil and petroleum product stocks

0500 -- 3-month weather forecast

-----------------------------------------------------------

Friday, July 24

No major events scheduled

============================================================

Other Japan diaries:

Live Japan economic data ECONJP

Japan holidays <JP/HOLIDAY>

Japan IPOs <JP/IPOMENU>

Diaries in Japanese [RSS-DIARY]
Global diaries:

Live G7 Economic Indicators ECONG7

Forex & debt day ahead [MI/DIARY]

Index of diaries [IND/DIARY]

Upcoming Reuters polls [POLL/DIARY]

Week ahead in Asia & Pacific [ASIA/DIARY]

General and Political [POL/DIARY]

Economic Events [M/DIARY]

Government Debt Auctions [D/DIARY]

Equities [E/DIARY]

Grains and Oilseeds [GRA/DIARY]

Softs [SOF/DIARY]

Metals [MTL/DIARY]

Energy [O/DIARY]

Sports [SPO/DIARY]

Holidays HOLIDAY

All Diaries [DIARY]

For help with diaries, click HELP for helpdesk contacts