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A provision of the law establishes that when a national holiday lands on a Sunday, that holiday is moved to the next day. Also when a day is sandwiched between two national holidays, that day shall also become a holiday (thus May 4, sandwiched between May 3 and May 5, is a holiday). By the same law, September 22 2009 is supposed to be a national holiday because the autumnal equinox is expected to land on September 23 that year; however, the official date of autumnal equinox will be decided on February 1 of that year.


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RECENT CHANGES

Beginning in 2000, Japan implemented the Happy Monday Seido (ハッピーマンデー制度) which moved a number of national holidays to Monday in order to obtain a "long weekend":
  • Coming-of-Age Day: January 15 → 2nd Monday of January, starting in 2000.

  • Marine Day: July 20 → 3rd Monday of July, starting in 2003.

  • Respect for the Aged Day: September 15 → 3rd Monday of September, starting in 2003.

  • Health and Sports Day: October 10 → 2nd Monday of October, starting in 2000.



PLANNED CHANGES

In 2005 the country decided to add Showa Day , a new national holiday, in place of Greenery Day on April 29, and to move Greenery Day to May 4. These changes will take effect in 2007 .


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