Main events scheduled in Japan for Thursday, March 21:

-- Customs-cleared trade statistics for February to be released by Finance Ministry at 8:50 a.m.

-- Flow of funds accounts for October-December to be released by Bank of Japan at 8:50 a.m.

-- Kobe District Court to rule on damages lawsuit filed against state and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings by Fukushima Prefecture residents who fled to Hyogo Prefecture in Fukushima nuclear crisis.

==Kyodo

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