TOKYO – Main events scheduled in Japan for Aug. 9-15:
Aug. 9 (Mon)
— Substitute holiday for Mountain Day.
— Memorial ceremony for victims of 1945 atomic bombing in Nagasaki to be held in city of Nagasaki.
— Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo) to hold world conference in Nagasaki.
Aug. 10 (Tues)
— Cabinet Office to release monthly “economy watchers” survey for July.
— Finance Ministry to release balance of payments statistics for June.
— Ruling to be handed down at Osaka District Court on Yujiro Iimori, facing attempted murder and robbery charges, after allegedly stabbing a police officer in Osaka Prefecture.
Aug. 11 (Wed)
— No major events.
Aug. 12 (Thurs)
— Memorial ceremony for 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash to be held in Gunma Prefecture.
Aug. 13 (Fri)
— No major events.
Aug. 14 (Sat)
— No major events.
Aug. 15 (Sun)
— Annual ceremony for war dead to be held in Tokyo to mark anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II in 1945.