Employees of major companies in Japan will get an average of 7.3 consecutive days off work during the Golden Week holiday season, according to a Labor Ministry survey released this week.
This is the second-longest average after the 7.5 days workers received in 1996, and the second time for the break to extend beyond one week since 1986, when the first such survey was taken, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said.
The ministry sent out questionnaires to 1,330 companies throughout Japan to inquire about holiday plans for three consecutive days or more for their employees in the one-month period from April 16 through May 15, which covers Golden Week starting April 28.