Main events scheduled in Japan for March 25-31:

March 25 (Mon)

-- Minutes of Jan. 22-23 monetary policy meeting to be released by Bank of Japan.

March 26 (Tues)

-- Cabinet to revise implementation guidelines of Japan's defense equipment transfer policy to enable shipments of next-generation fighter jets to be jointly developed with Britain and Italy.

-- Listed prices of land across Japan as of Jan. 1 to be released by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

March 27 (Wed)

-- No major events.

March 28 (Thurs)

-- Summary of opinions from March 18-19 monetary policy meeting to be released by Bank of Japan.

March 29 (Fri)

-- Unemployment rate for February to be released by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

-- Ratio of job offers to job seekers for February to be released by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

-- Preliminary industrial production index for February to be released by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

-- Fukui District Court to decide on requests by local residents for suspending operations of the No. 3 unit of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant and Nos. 1-4 reactors of the utility's Takahama plant.

-- Central and Pacific leagues to start 2024 professional baseball season.

March 30 (Sat)

-- No major events.

March 31 (Sun)

-- No major events.

==Kyodo

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