New Year is the biggest holiday of the year in Japan．Since 1873 Japanese have been celebrating New Year according to the Gregorian calendar on January 1 of each year, although some parts of ...

Setsubun no Hi (節分の日), celebrated annually on February 2, 3 or 4, is a traditional event marking the official beginning of spring, according to the Japanese lunar calendar. Though not a national ...

It is believed that the nine-day holiday period from Dec. 28 -- longer ... "Is there anything we can do to eliminate 'black companies' from Japan?" using the Japanese term to refer to exploitative ...