Main events scheduled in Japan for Thursday, May 9:

-- Official campaigning to start for Shizuoka gubernatorial election.

-- Report on monthly labor survey for March to be released by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare at 8:30 a.m.

-- Summary of opinions from April 25-26 monetary policy meeting to be released by Bank of Japan at 8:50 a.m.

-- Preliminary composite indexes of economic indicators for March to be released by Cabinet Office at 2 p.m.

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