What is SILVER WEEK?
Japan’s new ‘Silver Week’ 
is another just another corporate excuse for a layoff and unpaid week since more than 40% of Japan’s workers are on part-time and subcontracts (and therefore all holidays are unpaid), meh.
First ‘Silver Week’ fall holidays a bonanza for hard-pressed tourism industry
Mainichi — September 12, 2009
Due to revisions to the Public Holiday Law, Japanese residents will for the first time enjoy a 5-day holiday break beginning Sep. 19 and dubbed “Sliver Week.”
The 2003 holiday revisions shifted Respect for the Aged Day from Sep. 15 to the third Monday of September, creating this year’s 5-day stretch, called “Silver Week” as a fall counterpart to the “Golden Week” holiday in May….more...
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September 13th, 2009 at 3:01 am
Isn’t this against their religion….which is workaholicsism?
oh noes! Japanese ppl will get lazier and big sinners at same time!
September 13th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
How does this in any way help the economy?
September 15th, 2009 at 8:23 am
All these damn holidays mean for the ever-growing numbers of poor office temps is yet another day without pay.
Weekday temps basically have an effective 5-10% pay cut every month in the last half of the year due to all the fuckquing 3-day weekends. This new Silver Week makes it even worse, losing 3 of 21 work days means losing about 15% of your paycheck.
How does this help the economy?…
September 15th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I’m just glad to get some time off.