Main events scheduled in Japan for Friday, Jan. 29:

-- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to release unemployment rates for December, whole of 2020 at 8:30 a.m.

-- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to release ratio of job offers to seekers for December, whole of 2020 at 8:30 a.m.

-- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to release industrial output data for December at 8:50 a.m.

-- Cabinet Office to release consumer confidence survey for January at 2 p.m.

-- ANA Holdings Inc. to release earnings for nine months through December.

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