Main events scheduled in Japan for Monday, Dec. 9:

-- Empress Masako to turn 56.

-- Extraordinary Diet session ends.

-- Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi to enter Japanese market.

-- Cabinet Office to release revised GDP data for July-Sept. quarter at 8:50 a.m.

-- Finance Ministry to release preliminary balance of payments statistics for October at 8:50 a.m.

==Kyodo

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