Main events scheduled for Thursday, April 8

Main events scheduled in Japan for Thursday, April 8: -- Official campaigning to start for House of Councillors by-election in Nagano Prefecture, re-election in Hiroshima Prefecture. -- Cabinet Office to release monthly "economy watchers" survey for March. -- Finance Ministry to release preliminary balance of payments statistics for February at 8:50 a.m. -- Cabinet Office to release survey on consumer trends for March at 2 p.m.