Main events scheduled in Japan for Monday, Aug. 3:

-- Japan Automobile Dealers Association to release new motor vehicle sales data for July.

-- Japan Airlines Co., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to release their earnings reports for April-June quarter.

-- Tokyo District Court to hand down ruling on singer-songwriter Noriyuki Makihara, who in March was charged with possessing drugs in violation of stimulants control law.

==Kyodo

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