Main events scheduled in Japan for Thursday, March 28:

-- Summary of opinions from March 18-19 monetary policy meeting to be released by Bank of Japan at 8:50 a.m.

-- Tokyo District Court to start hearing arguments in damages lawsuit filed with Tokyo District Court by Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto against publisher Bungei Shunju Ltd. for defamation over weekly magazine report on his sexual behavior.

==Kyodo

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