Asia-Pacific News Calendar. Asia-Pacific news calendar from
Saturday, March 15 to Friday, April 11:
SEOUL: South Korea and the United States hold "Foal Eagle" joint military exercise condemned by North Korea (until April 18)
IPOH, Malaysia: Field hockey. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup (until March 23)
Saturday, March 15
ISLAMABAD: Court to resume hearing of case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the storming of the Red Mosque in 2007 in which more than 100 people died
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Verdict expected on doctor Shakeel Afridi, previously convicted of helping the CIA track Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in May 2011
GEORGETOWN, Malaysia: Squash. Women's World Championships (until March 23)
SYDNEY: Athletics. Sydney Track Classic
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Sunday, March 16
TOKYO: Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang visits (until March 19)
BAGUIO, Philippines: President Benigno Aquino to attend the annual graduation ceremony of the Philippine Military Academy
DHAKA: Cricket. World Twenty20 (until April 6)
MELBOURNE: Motorsports. Formula One. Australian Grand Prix
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Tuesday, March 18
VARIOUS DATELINES: Football. AFC Champions League group games (until 19 March)
Wednesday, March 19
HANOI: Trial of writer and blogger Pham Viet Dao on anti-state charges
NEW DELHI: Indian Puneet Puneet back in court over extradition to Australia on charges of killing a teenager while drink driving
TOKYO: February trade data
Thursday, March 20
BEIJING: Michelle Obama visits (until March 26)
WELLINGTON: New Zealand economic growth data for last quarter of 2013
Friday, March 21
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Saturday, March 22
MELBOURNE: Athletics. Melbourne World Challenge
SYDNEY: Baseball. Arizona Diamondbacks v Los Angeles Dodgers (until March 23)
Rugby Union. Japan Sevens (until March 23)
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Sunday, March 23
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Day
SINGAPORE: Global Internet organisation ICANN holds meeting (until March 27)
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Monday, March 24
YANGON: Myanmar Civil Aviation Development Conference
SAITAMA, Japan: Figure skating. World championships (until March 30, day of the gala exhibition)
Tuesday, March 25
MANILA: January imports data
KUALA LUMPUR: Squash. Kuala Lumpur Open (until March 30)
YOKOHAMA, Japan: UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (until March 31)
Wednesday, March 26
KUALA LUMPUR: Laureus World Sports Awards
SYDNEY: Football. 2015 Asian Cup draw
TOKYO: Boxing. Kohei Kono (JPN) v Denkaosan Kaovichit (THA) in a bout to decide the WBA super flyweight champion
Thursday, March 27
MACAU: Movie stars attend the annual Asian Film Awards
MANILA: Central bank monetary board meeting to set interest rates
NAYPYIDAW: Annual Armed Forces Day
TAIPEI: Central Bank board meeting
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Golf. OneAsia. Indonesia PGA Championship (until March 30)
KUALA LUMPUR: Golf. EurAsia Cup (until March 29)
Friday, March 28
PHNOM PENH: Cambodian court to deliver verdict in appeal of French journalist Daniel Lainé, sentenced in absentia to seven years in jail on sex charges that rights groups say are linked to his investigative work
TOKYO: February unemployment, inflation data
HONG KONG: Rugby Union. Hong Kong Sevens (until March 30)
SEPANG, Malaysia: Formula One. Malaysian Grand Prix (until March 30)
MELBOURNE: Swimming. Commonwealth Games trials (until April 6)
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Saturday, March 29
SINGAPORE: Cast of the movie Spider-Man 2 lead celebration of Earth Hour. Spider-Man has been named ambassador for the Earth Hour global campaign to draw attention to climate change
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Sunday, March 30
KATHMANDU: Nepal celebrates Ghode Yatra traditional horse racing festival
BANGKOK: Nationwide election for Thailand's upper house Senate
TOKYO: New terminal opens at Haneda Airport, one of the world's busiest
YANGON: Myanmar holds its first census in over three decades (until April 10)
Monday, March 31
BEIJING: China Index Academy to release property price statistics
TOKYO: February preliminary industrial production data
Tuesday, April 1
BEIJING: Official purchasing managers' index
JAKARTA: Statistics agency releases March inflation and February trade data
MANILA: The Philippines revives a much-criticised ferry service through Manila's polluted Pasig River
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India meets to decide on interest rates
TOKYO: Bank of Japan releases quarterly Tankan survey on business confidence
TOKYO: National sales tax rise comes into effect amid fears it will hurt consumer spending
BRISBANE: Swimming. Commonwealth Games trials (until April 6)
NEW DELHI: Badminton. Superseries. Indian Open (until April 6)
VARIOUS DATELINES: Football. AFC Champions League group games (until April 2)
Thursday, April 3
HONG KONG: Court hearing on a confiscation order for Carson Yeung's assets after the barber-turned-tycoon was sentenced to six years for money laundering
MELBOURNE: Athletics. Commonwealth Games trials (until April 6)
Friday, April 4
MANILA: March inflation data
HONGKONG/MANILA: Asian Development Bank releases latest economic growth forecasts for developing countries in Asia
BUSAN, South Korea: Tennis. Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group 1, second round. South Korea v India Davis Cup (until April 6)
MANILA: Tennis. Philippines face Pakistan or Vietnam in a Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group II 2nd round tie
TIANJIN, China: Tennis. Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I, second round. China v Uzbekistan (until April 6)
TOKYO: Tennis. Davis Cup World Group quarter-final. Japan v Czech Republic (until April 6)
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15 (until April 5)
Saturday, April 5
KABUL: Presidential and provincial council elections
MANILA: Former Philippine president Gloria Arroyo marks 67th birthday under detention and on trial for corruption and election fraud
Sunday, April 6
TOKYO: Boxing. WBC flyweight title match Akira Yamaguchi (JPN) vs Odilon Zaleta (MEX)
TOKYO: Boxing. WBC light-flyweight title bout. Adrian Hernandez (MEX) vs Naoya Inoue (JPN)
TOKYO: Football. J-League matches
Monday, April 7
NEW DELHI: Marathon nine-stage elections start in India with voters in the first two states and territories of Assam and Tripura heading to the polls
TOKYO: Bank of Japan holds two-day policy meeting
WELLINGTON: Royal visit with Prince William, Catherine and baby George (until April 16)
Tuesday, April 8
BOAO, China: Boao Forum, a gathering of current and former political and economic figures (until April 11)
TOKYO: February balance-of-payments data
TOKYO: Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds news conference
SINGAPORE: Badminton. Superseries. Singapore Open (until April 13)
Wednesday, April 9
JAKARTA: Indonesia holds nationwide legislative elections
Thursday, April 10
BEIJING: Customs release March and first quarter trade data
TOKYO: Swimming. National championships (until April 13)
NEW DELHI: India's nine-stage elections continue with the capital New Delhi and 13 other states and territories voting
Friday, April 11
BEIJING: Government releases inflation statistics
MANILA: Release of January exports data
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Saturday, March 15 to Friday, April 11:
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IPOH, Malaysia: Field hockey. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup (until March 23)
Saturday, March 15
ISLAMABAD: Court to resume hearing of case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the storming of the Red Mosque in 2007 in which more than 100 people died
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Verdict expected on doctor Shakeel Afridi, previously convicted of helping the CIA track Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in May 2011
GEORGETOWN, Malaysia: Squash. Women's World Championships (until March 23)
SYDNEY: Athletics. Sydney Track Classic
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Sunday, March 16
TOKYO: Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang visits (until March 19)
BAGUIO, Philippines: President Benigno Aquino to attend the annual graduation ceremony of the Philippine Military Academy
DHAKA: Cricket. World Twenty20 (until April 6)
MELBOURNE: Motorsports. Formula One. Australian Grand Prix
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Tuesday, March 18
VARIOUS DATELINES: Football. AFC Champions League group games (until 19 March)
Wednesday, March 19
HANOI: Trial of writer and blogger Pham Viet Dao on anti-state charges
NEW DELHI: Indian Puneet Puneet back in court over extradition to Australia on charges of killing a teenager while drink driving
TOKYO: February trade data
Thursday, March 20
BEIJING: Michelle Obama visits (until March 26)
WELLINGTON: New Zealand economic growth data for last quarter of 2013
Friday, March 21
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Saturday, March 22
MELBOURNE: Athletics. Melbourne World Challenge
SYDNEY: Baseball. Arizona Diamondbacks v Los Angeles Dodgers (until March 23)
Rugby Union. Japan Sevens (until March 23)
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Sunday, March 23
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Day
SINGAPORE: Global Internet organisation ICANN holds meeting (until March 27)
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Monday, March 24
YANGON: Myanmar Civil Aviation Development Conference
SAITAMA, Japan: Figure skating. World championships (until March 30, day of the gala exhibition)
Tuesday, March 25
MANILA: January imports data
KUALA LUMPUR: Squash. Kuala Lumpur Open (until March 30)
YOKOHAMA, Japan: UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (until March 31)
Wednesday, March 26
KUALA LUMPUR: Laureus World Sports Awards
SYDNEY: Football. 2015 Asian Cup draw
TOKYO: Boxing. Kohei Kono (JPN) v Denkaosan Kaovichit (THA) in a bout to decide the WBA super flyweight champion
Thursday, March 27
MACAU: Movie stars attend the annual Asian Film Awards
MANILA: Central bank monetary board meeting to set interest rates
NAYPYIDAW: Annual Armed Forces Day
TAIPEI: Central Bank board meeting
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Golf. OneAsia. Indonesia PGA Championship (until March 30)
KUALA LUMPUR: Golf. EurAsia Cup (until March 29)
Friday, March 28
PHNOM PENH: Cambodian court to deliver verdict in appeal of French journalist Daniel Lainé, sentenced in absentia to seven years in jail on sex charges that rights groups say are linked to his investigative work
TOKYO: February unemployment, inflation data
HONG KONG: Rugby Union. Hong Kong Sevens (until March 30)
SEPANG, Malaysia: Formula One. Malaysian Grand Prix (until March 30)
MELBOURNE: Swimming. Commonwealth Games trials (until April 6)
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Saturday, March 29
SINGAPORE: Cast of the movie Spider-Man 2 lead celebration of Earth Hour. Spider-Man has been named ambassador for the Earth Hour global campaign to draw attention to climate change
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
Sunday, March 30
KATHMANDU: Nepal celebrates Ghode Yatra traditional horse racing festival
BANGKOK: Nationwide election for Thailand's upper house Senate
TOKYO: New terminal opens at Haneda Airport, one of the world's busiest
YANGON: Myanmar holds its first census in over three decades (until April 10)
Monday, March 31
BEIJING: China Index Academy to release property price statistics
TOKYO: February preliminary industrial production data
Tuesday, April 1
BEIJING: Official purchasing managers' index
JAKARTA: Statistics agency releases March inflation and February trade data
MANILA: The Philippines revives a much-criticised ferry service through Manila's polluted Pasig River
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India meets to decide on interest rates
TOKYO: Bank of Japan releases quarterly Tankan survey on business confidence
TOKYO: National sales tax rise comes into effect amid fears it will hurt consumer spending
BRISBANE: Swimming. Commonwealth Games trials (until April 6)
NEW DELHI: Badminton. Superseries. Indian Open (until April 6)
VARIOUS DATELINES: Football. AFC Champions League group games (until April 2)
Thursday, April 3
HONG KONG: Court hearing on a confiscation order for Carson Yeung's assets after the barber-turned-tycoon was sentenced to six years for money laundering
MELBOURNE: Athletics. Commonwealth Games trials (until April 6)
Friday, April 4
MANILA: March inflation data
HONGKONG/MANILA: Asian Development Bank releases latest economic growth forecasts for developing countries in Asia
BUSAN, South Korea: Tennis. Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group 1, second round. South Korea v India Davis Cup (until April 6)
MANILA: Tennis. Philippines face Pakistan or Vietnam in a Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group II 2nd round tie
TIANJIN, China: Tennis. Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I, second round. China v Uzbekistan (until April 6)
TOKYO: Tennis. Davis Cup World Group quarter-final. Japan v Czech Republic (until April 6)
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15 (until April 5)
Saturday, April 5
KABUL: Presidential and provincial council elections
MANILA: Former Philippine president Gloria Arroyo marks 67th birthday under detention and on trial for corruption and election fraud
Sunday, April 6
TOKYO: Boxing. WBC flyweight title match Akira Yamaguchi (JPN) vs Odilon Zaleta (MEX)
TOKYO: Boxing. WBC light-flyweight title bout. Adrian Hernandez (MEX) vs Naoya Inoue (JPN)
TOKYO: Football. J-League matches
Monday, April 7
NEW DELHI: Marathon nine-stage elections start in India with voters in the first two states and territories of Assam and Tripura heading to the polls
TOKYO: Bank of Japan holds two-day policy meeting
WELLINGTON: Royal visit with Prince William, Catherine and baby George (until April 16)
Tuesday, April 8
BOAO, China: Boao Forum, a gathering of current and former political and economic figures (until April 11)
TOKYO: February balance-of-payments data
TOKYO: Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds news conference
SINGAPORE: Badminton. Superseries. Singapore Open (until April 13)
Wednesday, April 9
JAKARTA: Indonesia holds nationwide legislative elections
Thursday, April 10
BEIJING: Customs release March and first quarter trade data
TOKYO: Swimming. National championships (until April 13)
NEW DELHI: India's nine-stage elections continue with the capital New Delhi and 13 other states and territories voting
Friday, April 11
BEIJING: Government releases inflation statistics
MANILA: Release of January exports data
VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15
