Asia-Pacific news calendar from Saturday, March 15 to Friday, April 11:

Ongoing:

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