importan report today Japan Outlook: BOJ Tankan Survey, IHI Reports 1H Results

Japan Outlook: BOJ Tankan Survey, IHI Reports 1H Results

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Here are the major economic events scheduled in Japan on Friday. All times refer to GMT.

INDICATORS
(GMT)                            PERIOD  FORECAST  PREVIOUS
2350  Bank of Japan's Tankan       Dec      21        23
     Corporate Sentiment Survey
0100  Electric Power Output        Nov     N/A    +2.6% Y/Y
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EVENTS
N/A   News conferences after morning Cabinet meeting:
     -Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga
     -Economy Minister Hiroko Ota
     -Banking Minister Yoshimi Watanabe
     -Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura
     -Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akira
      Amari
N/A   Government's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
     meets.
0130  Ministry of Finance announces two-year government
     bond amount for Dec. 21 auction.
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CORPORATE EVENTS
0500  IHI Corp. (7013.TO) reports earnings for the first
     half ended Sept. 30.

-Tokyo Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; 813-5255-2929

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