Main events scheduled in Japan for April 19-25:

April 19 (Mon)

-- Finance Ministry to release preliminary customs-cleared trade statistics for March.

-- Odakyu Electric Railway Co. to open Romancecar Museum in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture.

April 20 (Tues)

-- No major events.

April 21 (Wed)

-- Yasukuni shrine's 2-day spring festival to begin.

April 22 (Thurs)

-- No major events.

April 23 (Fri)

-- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to release national consumer price index for March.

-- 3 months to go before Tokyo Olympics.

April 24 (Sat)

-- No major events.

April 25 (Sun)

-- House of Representatives by-election to be held in Hokkaido No. 2 district.

-- House of Councillors by-election to be held in Nagano Prefecture, re-election to be held in Hiroshima Prefecture.

-- Nagoya mayoral election to be held.

==Kyodo

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