Main events scheduled in Japan for Wednesday, Jan. 1:

-- New Year's Day national holiday.

-- Japan-U.S. trade agreement, Japan-U.S. digital trade pact to take effect.

-- Gov't to adopt family-name-first order when using Roman alphabet to write Japanese names on official documents.

-- Seven-Eleven Japan to close some 50 stores in Tokyo in pilot project aimed at reviewing nationwide 24/7 operations amid labor crunch. Lawson to close some 100 stores in Tokyo and 24 prefectures.

==Kyodo

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