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Name Date Remarks Ref. New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu): January 1 This national holiday was established in 1948, as a day to celebrate the new year. New Year's Day marks the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season, the New Year season (正月, Shōgatsu), which generally refers to the first one, three or seven days of the year.
The Happy Monday System (ハッピーマンデー制度, Happī Mandē Seido) is a set of modifications to Japanese law in 1998 [1] and 2001 [2] to move a number of public holidays in Japan to Mondays, creating three-day weekends for those with five-day work weeks.
Boys' Day. Overlaps with the national holiday Children's Day. 7th day of the 7th month: 七夕 (Shichiseki, Tanabata), 星祭り (Hoshi matsuri) held on 7 July in many areas, but in northern Japan held on 7 August (e.g. in Sendai) 9th day of the 9th month: 重陽 (Chōyō), 菊の節句 (Kiku no sekku) almost out of vogue today; Not sekku:
Here's a list of all the October 2024 national holidays and observances, like Halloween, International Coffee Day, World Smile Day and many more fun holidays.
Christmas or Winter Break – Varies in length per school; usually starts on the third Saturday in December and ends a day or two after New Year's Day (sometimes the first Monday after New Year's Day), unless New Year's Day falls on a Sunday in which case the first Monday (January 2) is the official holiday and schools may not begin until ...
Pages in category "October 2024 in Japan" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
In 2021 the average annual work-hours dropped to 1633.2, slightly higher than 2020's 1621.2. Between 2012 and 2021, the average working hours drop was 7.48%. [7] The average Japanese worker is mandated to have ten to twenty days of paid holidays per year, depending on the number of continuous years worked at the company. [8]
Health and Sports Day Health-Sports Day: Observed by: Japan: Type: Public: Significance: commemorates the opening of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo: Celebrations: Sports festival at schools and communities: Date: Second Monday in October: 2024 date: October 14 () 2025 date: October 13 () 2026 date: October 12 () 2027 date