Back to the grind: Workers in Japan return after extended Golden Week holiday
The nation went back to work following this year's unprecedented 10-day Golden Week holiday on Tuesday — the first working day of the Reiwa Era. Naoto Tokunaga, 24, showed up at his office near Tokyo Station 30 minutes earlier than usual because he was impatient ...
Drop while they shop: Osaka firm offers room to weary dads in no mood for Golden Week shopping
In Osaka's busy Minami downtown district, a rental office company offered a special service targeted at fathers and children just for Golden Week — a special room for rent where they could rest while other family members shopped. The firm, Naniwa Midosuji Hall, offered space ...
Japan begins 10-day Golden Week holiday ahead of Imperial succession
An unprecedented 10-day Golden Week holiday started Saturday ahead of the Imperial succession, with bullet train stations, airports and expressways crowded with travelers heading to their hometowns, major cities and overseas destinations. From the morning, there were long lines at check-in and luggage drop counters ...
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?
Many Cabinet ministers set to head overseas as Japan's new Reiwa Era begins
A total of 12 Cabinet ministers are set to travel abroad before or during the extra-long 10-day Golden Week holiday that starts Saturday. While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is now on a six-nation tour, and all members of his Cabinet will be in Japan ...
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. The string of consecutive holidays, at first glance, appears to be a miniature spring ...
Record number of people to travel abroad during Japan's 10-day Golden Week, says JTB
The number of people who plan to take advantage of this year's expanded Golden Week holiday period by traveling abroad is projected to rise 6.9 percent from the year before to a record 662,000, according to the latest report on travel trends by leading ...
Brokerages brace for Japan's longest market shutdown since WWII
Brokerages are taking steps to help relieve at least some investors worried about getting trapped by the country's unusually long holiday next month related to the Emperor's succession. Markets in Japan are scheduled to be closed from April 27 through May 6 because the government ...
This year's extended Golden Week holiday in Japan is a headache for many working parents
The Golden Week holiday period, extended to 10 days this year due to events surrounding the Imperial succession, has left working parents who are unable to take the entire time off in limbo, as most nurseries and kindergartens will be closed. Many people working in ...
Taiwan casts shade on China's lack of democracy in New Year message
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen took aim at China's lack of freedom in a recent message for the coming Lunar New Year, which starts Tuesday, saying she hoped ethnic Chinese all over the world would be able to experience the "blessing" of democracy. Self-governed Taiwan is ...
The exodus of people spending the New Year’s holidays overseas or outside major metropolitan areas peaks, with thousands of people crowding airports and train stations.
Super Golden Week a go: Diet clears 10-day Japanese holiday for Imperial accession celebration
The new law creates a one-off string of 10 consecutive holidays from April 27 to May 6 — including the day Crown Prince Naruhito claims the Chrysanthemum Throne.
