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HOLIDAYS

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Dec 20, 2021
Give the gift of going easy on yourself this holiday season
The holidays can be lonely for some people, especially after a trying year. Remember to reach out to others and take a moment to relax.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2019
In Japan, 10% unlikely to take year-end or New Year's holidays
A survey has found that 10.6 percent of the nation's workers will likely be unable to take even a single day off during the nine-day year-end and New Year's holiday period from Saturday to Jan. 5.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2019
60% of Japanese eat something special for Christmas, poll finds
A recent Jiji Press survey has shown that 57.4 percent of people in Japan eat something special for Christmas and that about half of such people buy take-out food.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2019
Nintendo out to prove Switch's longevity this holiday season
Nintendo Co.'s Switch console is poised for its best holiday shopping season yet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2019
Walmart seen subsidizing vendors in online holiday price war with Amazon
Hold on to your smartphone — the holiday price wars between Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are heating up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2019
Domestic travelers dropped during Japan's Bon summer holidays thanks to typhoon
People who traveled in Japan by rail, air and road decreased from a year earlier during the Bon summer holidays due to a heavy storm.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 17, 2019
Excessive homework may be exhausting students in Japan during their summer vacation
The school summer holidays are now in full swing but an increasing number of parents and their children are spending the break hunched over a desk with a stack of workbooks instead of enjoying ice cream in the park. 
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Aug 3, 2019
Hell on a holiday
'How have you been able to keep your children entertained over the school holidays?'
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 11, 2019
Reiwa whiskers
'What did you do during your break?'
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 25, 2019
Views from Tokyo: Do you have any plans for the extra-long Golden Week?
If you don't have any plans for Golden Week, what would you have done? And what do you recommend other people do?
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 15, 2019
Everything you need to know about this one-of-a-kind Golden Week in Japan
Japan is poised to celebrate the Imperial succession and the start of a new era on May 1 with a festive extra-long 10-day Golden Week from April 27 through May 6.

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