“..workers in Japan on average use only 8 1/2 days of their paid holidays — or 47.4 percent of their total average annual entitlement — according to the latest data from the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry."
Source: Moves afoot to make Japanese holidays a pleasure not a pain
By TOMOKO OTAKE
The Japan Times: Sunday, March 21, 2010
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/fl20100321x3.html
July 04, 2011
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