DIARY-Japan-July 14- BOJ begins 2-day policy meeting

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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.

0000 -- Morgan Stanley Asset Management holds pension fund
seminar. Speakers include Morgan Stanley Asset Chief Investment
Officer John Alkire.

0600 -- Opposition Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama to
hold a regular news conference

COMPANIES

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

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Wednesday, July 15

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

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

-- Mongolian Prime Minister Sanjaa Bayar begins six day visit
to Japan

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)

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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)

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Friday, July 17

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

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

0600 -- U.N. expert on human trafficking Joy Ngozi Ezeilo
will hold a news conference at Japan National Press Club on
trafficking of women and children in Japan

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Monday, July 20

No major events scheduled

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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.

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Wednesday, July 22

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- Biofuels World conference (to July 24)
(www.biofuels.co.jp/2009/)

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

0130 -- 20-year JGB auction

0300 -- Edward Rice, commander of the U.S. forces in Japan,
likely to speak at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan.

0345 -- 20-year JGB auction result

0530 -- BOJ's Yamaguchi holds a news conference

COMPANIES

-- Day one of Wireless Japan mobile phone industry trade
show. Speakers include NTT DoCoMo Inc (9437.T) CEO Ryuji Yamada;
KDDI Corp (9433.T) President Tadashi Onodera; Eric Gun, president
of eAccess' (9427.T) mobile phone unit; Sharp Corp (6753.T)
Executive Vice President Masafumi Matsumoto.

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Thursday, July 23

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- Biofuels World conference (to July 24)
(www.biofuels.co.jp/2009/)

0300 -- Weekly crude oil and petroleum product stocks

0500 -- 3-month weather forecast

COMPANIES

0430 -- Fujitsu Ltd (6702.T) annual management direction
briefing, President Kuniaki Nozoe to attend

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Friday, July 24

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- Biofuels World conference (to July 24)
(www.biofuels.co.jp/2009/)

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Monday, July 27

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2350* - June corporate services price index

COMPANIES

-- Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) Advanced Technology Briefing

0600 -- Hitachi Construction Machinery (6305.T) Q1 results

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Tuesday, July 28

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

0130 -- Liquidity-enhancing JGB auction

0415 -- Liquidity-enhancing JGB auction result

COMPANIES

0500 -- JFE Holdings Inc (5411.T) Q1 result

0600 -- Canon Inc (7751.T) Q2 results

0600 -- Komatsu Ltd (6301.T) Q1 results

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Wednesday, July 29

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2350* -- June retail sales [JPRSLS=ECI] ECONJP

COMPANIES

0430 -- Nippon Steel Corp (5401.T) Q1 results

0600 -- Honda Motor Co (7267.T) Q1 results

0740 -- Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) Q1 results

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Thursday, July 30

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2350* -- Preliminary industrial output for June [JPIP1=ECI]
ECONJP

0130 -- Bank of Japan board member Tadao Noda gives a speech
in Matsumoto, central Japan

0130 --Two-year JGB auction

0345 --Two-year JGB auction result

0530 -- Bank of Japan board member Tadao Noda holds a press
conference

COMPANIES

0430 -- Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd (5405.T) Q1 results

0500 -- Sumitomo Corp (8053.T) Q1 results

0500 -- Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T) Q1 results

0600 -- Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T) Q1 results

0630 -- Sharp Corp (6753.T) Q1 results

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Friday, July 31

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2315 -- July manufacturing PMI [JPRPMI=ECI]

2330 -- Nationwide consumer price index for June, Tokyo CPI
for July [JPCPI=ECI] [JPCPIT=ECI] [JPJOBA=ECI] ECONJP

2330 -- June jobless rate [JPJOBA=ECI]

2330 -- Household spending for June [JPHST=ECI]

COMPANIES

0400 -- Mitsubishi Corp (8058.T) Q1 results

0400 -- Mitsubishi Estate Co (8802.T) Q1 results

0430 -- Hoya Corp (7741.T) Q1 results

0600 -- All Nippon Airways Co (9202.T) Q1 results

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