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TAIPEI (Nikkei)--In late May, Lee Chia-chin, 56, became the youngest person ever to be appointed chairman of the Association of East Asia Relations, Taiwan's semiofficial organization in charge of relations with Japan.

SEOUL (Nikkei)--On June 4, Lee Byung-kee, 65, a close confidant of South Korean President Park Geun-hye, arrived in Tokyo to assume his new role as ambassador to Japan.

TOKYO (Kyodo)--Tokyo police is planning to honor a traffic policeman for the way he used his sense of humor to smoothly direct a crowd of soccer fans last week in the busy Shibuya district, after Japan became the first team to qualify for next year's World Cup in Brazil, police officials said Monday.

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** Statistics to be released

0850: Inbound, outbound securities investment on weekly basis (MOF)

1000: Domestic shipments of white goods for May (Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association)

1300: Ethylene production for May (Japan Petrochemical Industry Association)

1400: Supermarket sales for May (Japan Chain Stores Association)

1400: Revised indexes of business conditions for April (Cabinet Office)

1400: Domestic shipments of consumer electronics for May (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association)

1600: Sales of major convenience stores for May (Japan Franchise Association)

** Shareholders meetings

Sumitomo Chemical, DIC, Yahoo Japan, JFE Holdings, Omron, Sony, Daikyo, Skymark Airlines

** Other items

1020: MOF auctions 3-month treasury discount bills

1100: Honda unveils all-new Accord Hybrid, Accord Plug-In Hybrid sedans

1330: Japan Paper Association Chairman Yoshio Haga meets press