Main events scheduled in Japan for Thursday, July 18:

-- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, co-chairs of Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting, to hold joint press conference.

-- Customs-cleared trade statistics for June to be released by Finance Ministry.

-- Keidanren Summer Forum to be held in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, through July 19.

-- Supreme Court to hand down ruling on Nissan Motor Co.'s demand for cancellation of around 5 billion yen ($31 million) in income tax levied on overseas affiliate located in tax haven.

-- 5 years since 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animation studio that killed 36 people.

==Kyodo

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