DIARY-Japan-Sept 16 -Parliament to vote in Hatoyama as PM

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Wednesday, Sept. 16

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

-- Parliament to hold special session to vote in Democratic
Party leader Yukio Hatoyama as prime minister

-- Bank of Japan two-day policy meeting starts [JPINTR=ECI]
ECONJP

-- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano begins four-day visit
to Japan

0100 -- Outgoing Prime Minister Taro Aso to hold a news
conference.

0300 -- Weekly Japan crude and oil products stocks data

0630 -- StateStreet Global Advisors holds ETF seminar.
Speakers include from officials from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and
the World Gold Council.

COMPANIES

0230 -- Sharp Corp (6753.T) to unveil new LCD-related
technology.

0500 -- Toshiba Corp (6502.T) to unveil new Regza LCD TV
lineup for Japan market, Masaaki Osumi, CEO of Toshiba's Digital
Media Network Company, to attend

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Thursday, Sept. 17

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

Bank of Japan's two-day policy meeting ends, results
announcement followed by Governor Masaaki Shirakawa news
conference. [JPINTR=ECI] ECONJP

2330* -- Reuters Tankan [JPRTAN=ECI]

2350* -- Finance Ministry business sentiment index for
July-September [JPBUSC=ECI]

2350* -- Weekly capital flows data

0010 -- Rintaro Tamaki, vice finance minister for
international affairs, to speak at a Euromoney meeting

0630 -- BOJ Deputy Governor Hirohide Yamaguchi delivers
speech at a gathering of securities firm executives

0750 -- 2009 land price data

COMPANIES

0230 - Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Chairman
Satoshi Aoki holds regular news conference

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Friday, Sept. 18

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

0000 -- Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Hirohide Yamaguchi
delivers speech at Euromoney Conference in Tokyo

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

0930 -- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell to hold a media briefing.

COMPANIES

0200 -- Sanyo Electric Co Ltd (6764.T) briefs on the latest
progress in the performance of its HIT solar cells

0500 -- Crude steel output data for August

0600 -- Candidates for opposition Liberal Democratic Party
leadership vote hold debate.

0700 -- Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan to
release Japan chip gear book-to-bill ratio for August.

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Monday, Sept. 21

National holiday. Respect-for-the-Aged day.

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Tuesday, Sept. 22

National holiday.

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Wednesday, Sept. 23

National holiday. Autumnal Equinox day.

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Thursday, Sept. 24

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2350* -- August trade balance [JPTBAL=ECI] ECONJP

0500 -- Japan 3-month and winter weather forecast

COMPANIES

0100 -- Honda Motor Co (7267.T) holds news conference on new
"personal mobility" technology

0130 -- Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kazuo Hirai keynote
speech at the Tokyo Game Show

0930 -- Panasonic Corp (6752.T) media reception

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Friday, Sept. 25

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2350* -- August corporate services price index

0130 -- Liquidity-enhancing JGB auction

0415 -- Liquidity-enhancing JGB auction result

0500 -- Bank of Japan releases minutes from its August 10-11
policy meeting [JPINTR=ECI]

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Monday, Sept. 28

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

0400 -- Tsutomu Okubo, Democratic Party upper house lawmaker,
appears at Nikkei symposium

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Tuesday, Sept. 29

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2330 -- Nationwide consumer price index for August, Tokyo CPI
for September [JPCPI=ECI] [JPCPIT=ECI] ECONJP

0130 --Two-year JGB auction

0345 --Two-year JGB auction result

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Wednesday, Sept. 30

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2350* -- Industrial output for August [JPIP1=ECI] ECONJP

0130 -- August wage earners' cash earnings data [JPOVRT=ECI]

0300 -- Weekly Japan crude and oil products stocks data

0500 -- August housing starts and construction orders
[JPHST=ECI]

0700 -- Nippon Oil (5001.T) October refining plans

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Thursday, Oct. 1

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

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

2350* -- Bank of Japan September tankan corporate sentiment
survey [JPBCLG=ECI] [JPBCLN=ECI]

2350* -- Weekly capital flows data

COMPANIES

0500 -- Japan Automobile Dealers Association announces new
non-mini vehicle sales for September

0500 -- Japan Mini Vehicle Association announces new
minivehicle sales for September

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Friday, Oct. 2

ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS

2330* -- August jobless rate and job offers-applicants ratio
[JPJOBA=ECI] [JPUNR=ECI] ECONJP

2330* -- August household spending [JPALLS=ECI]

COMPANIES

0300 -- Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) President Akio Toyoda to
speak at a Japan National Press Club luncheon

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