May Day in Japan, on May 1st every year, though not officially designated by the Japanese government as a national holiday is a day off work for many unionized Japanese workers.

International Workers – May Day in Japan

May Day, on May 1st every year, is not officially designated by the Japanese government as a national holiday, but as it lies between other national holidays, it is a day off work for the vast majority of Japanese workers. Many employers give it as a day off, and otherwise workers take it as “paid leave”. 1 May occurs during “Golden Week”, together with 29 April (“Shōwa Day”), 3 May (“Constitution Memorial Day”), 4 May (“Greenery Day”) and 5 May (“Children’s Day”). Workers generally take the day off work not so much to join street rallies or labour union gatherings, but more to go on holiday for several consecutive days (in Japanese corporate culture, taking weekdays off for personal pleasure is widely frowned upon).

Reference for May Day in Japan

In English

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Dayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day

Photo thanks to Freedon95 @ Wikimedia Commons.

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