Main events scheduled in Japan for Thursday, Jan. 16:

-- Corporate goods price index for December, whole of 2024 to be released by Bank of Japan at 8:50 a.m.

-- Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako to visit Hyogo Prefecture to attend ceremonies marking 30th anniversary of 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

==Kyodo

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