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Japanese New Year: January
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Japan Airlines (JAL) has forecast a 1.0% increase in the number of international passenger reservations on JAL Group airlines during the Japanese New Year vacation period, from December 28, 2007 to January 6, 2008. A total of 439,866 international passenger reservations are
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Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1873 so the first day of January is when they celebrate, rather than the lunar new year like most other Asian countries. It has traditionally been a very important festival covering seven days, although people are tending more towards three now.
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[Added 4-5 January 2004:] From a world travel site comes an informative page on Korean customs at the New Year. It includes links for those wishing to travel to Korea for this celebration.
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