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

-- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to release unemployment rate for September at 8:30 a.m.

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

-- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to release preliminary industrial production index for September at 8:50 a.m.

-- Cabinet Office to release survey on consumer trends for October at 2 p.m.

-- ANA Holdings to release earnings figures for 1st half through September.

==Kyodo

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