This weekend is long weekend in United States and also in Japan.
I have just read article that the Seattle City Council voted unanimously to now recognize what was once Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
It’s sport day in Japan. This national holiday was established in 1966 as a day on which to enjoy sports and cultivate a healthy mind and body. Originally held on October 10 to commemorate the anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olmpics, in 2000 it was changed to the second Monday of October in accordance with the Happy Monday System.
I just got curious how many national holidays in 2014 in U.S. and Japan. Here is the result. U.S. Federal Government national holidays is 11 days in 2014. Japanese National holidays is 15 days.