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National Foundation Day (建国記念の日, Kenkoku Kinen no Hi) is a public holiday of Japan observed annually on the 11th February. The holiday has been celebrated since 1967, following the proclamation of it as a public holiday by a Cabinet Order the previous year.
Shunbun no hi: April 29: Shōwa Day* 昭和の日: Shōwa no hi: May 3: Constitution Memorial Day* 憲法記念日: Kenpō kinenbi: May 4: Greenery Day* みどりの日: Midori no hi: May 5: Children's Day* こどもの日: Kodomo no hi: Third Monday of July: Marine Day: 海の日: Umi no hi: August 11: Mountain Day: 山の日: Yama no hi ...
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.
Australian homicide detectives are investigating the suspected "targeted double murder" of a Sydney couple. On Tuesday, Dec. 17., New South Wales (NSW) police confirmed a second body had been ...
Damascus – Syria's capital city was on auto-pilot Tuesday, with no new government in place in the wake of the dramatic rebel offensive that toppled longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad on Sunday ...
Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s most vulnerable Cabinet picks are racing to smooth out or overwrite past statements before contentious Senate confirmation fights.
The World Bank has long made Ethiopia a top priority, funneling loans to its government to help the East African nation of some 90 million people move past its legacy of poverty and famine. In 2005, the bank cut off funding for Ethiopia after the country’s authoritarian leaders massacred scores of people and arrested some 20,000 political ...
Kin no unko (金のうんこ) or "golden poo" is a Japanese cultural phenomenon. It is a symbol of good luck , as the name is a pun meaning "golden poo" and "good luck" in Japanese. [ 1 ] By 2006, 2.7 million mobile phone charms in this form had been sold.