
Highlights of Japan-related events for Feb. 22-28: Feb. 22 (Mon) — House of Representatives Budget Committee to hold intensive deliberation session. — Takeshima Day ceremony to be held in Shimane Prefecture. — 10th anniversary of earthquake that devastated the city of Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island in 2011, killing 185 people including 28 Japanese students. — Japan Sumo Association to convene extraordinary board meeting. The JSA’s board of directors is expected to decide punishment for stablemaster Tokitsukaze, who once more violated the association’s coronavirus safety guideli…