Main events scheduled in Japan for Friday, Oct. 30:

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

-- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to release unemployment rate 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.

-- Japan Tourism Agency to release figures on the number of foreign guests at accommodation facilities in September at 2 p.m.

-- Over 300 companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, including Japan Airlines Co. and West Japan Railway Co., to release earnings for fiscal 1st half through September.

==Kyodo

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