On July 19 Japan marks the national holiday dedicated to all women who gave their lives to politics.
It was on this day in 1960 when Masa Nakayama became the first woman in Japan who received a ministerial post. She was entrusted to lead the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Since then the day of July 19 is observed in the country.
It should be noted that the post-war years, and especially the second half of the 50s and the 60s of the last century, in Japan were marked by unprecedented economic development, which has received the world's definition of "the Japanese post-war economic miracle". In 1964 Tokyo became the first city in Asia to host the Olympics. Thus, having recovered after the World War II, Japan hosted the Olympics and proclaimed its economic competitiveness and return to the international arena. Period was favorable for women seeking to advance in a professional field.
More than half a century has passed since that distant 1960, female names began to sound more and more often in the political arena of Japan. The Cabinet of Ministers, headed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2001-2006, had eight female ministers - the highest figure ever recorded. The average number of women in government is 2-4 people.
Every year on the 29-th of April Japan celebrates the state holiday - Day of the Sueva. It is celebrated on the birthday of Emperor Hirohito in memory of the period of his reign.
On the 15-th of April the Day of Love in Georgiais celebrated.This holiday, dedicated to lovers, as an alternative to the famous Western holiday called Valentine's Day,was organized by Georgian parliament that accepted proposal of Besik Chubinidze - a famouspersonality in local show business.
In Japan, the travel company offers visitors of a special First Airlines restaurant the opportunity to fly virtually to Paris, New York, Rome or Hawaii, without leaving Tokyo.
Let’s start with the fact that word «two» sounds as «nie», translating into Japanese. In some cases, one of which became a reason for launching of non-official Cat Day, «two» can be pronounced playfully – «nyan». We may only guess whether it is accidentally or no, however, the Japanese consider that the cat news just as «nyan-nyan-nyan». Then everything is going simply and logically. «Nyan-nyan-nyan» means «two-two-two», and «two-two-two», correspondingly, signifies twenty-second day of the second month.
Every year on the 12-th of December in Japan the citizens celebrate Kanji Day, or the Day of hieroglyphs. This day the so-called ‘kanji of the year’ is announced while the citizens of Japan are choosing the best hieroglyph in the way of voting.
The modern Japan is impossible to imagine without the period of Meidzi while it can’t be described without mentioning the emperor Meidzi (from the 3-rd of November, 1852 – the 30-th of July, 1912, the 122-nd emperor of Japan). The Culture day matches his birthday being the national holiday.
What have you heard about Japan? If you knowledge is limited only with sushi and blossoming sakura, you will be astonished that there is one of the best festivals of air navigation in the world. We have just mentioned International festival of air balloons in Saga where not only pilots go but also the tourists from all the countries.
The experts of NASA published video record and several shots which show how the planet Earth looks during New Year holidays if one looks at it from the Universe.
The famous in the world artist Hailey King working under the trademark FLOX has created the design of Christmas baubles depicting flower with medical peculiarities manuka. With the help of sales FLOX intends to arrange December campaign on the collection of financial expenses for the support of hospices in New Zealand.
Japanese corporation Toyota motor represented the robot Kirobo Mini who had to save Japanese from the solitude, exactly, it refers to those who more often cannot find their love partner and, thus, do not deliver children.
International Day of chocolate is non-official holiday dedicated to the favorite delicacy of many people on the planet. It is always celebrated on the 13-th September annually. This holiday is the wonderful reason to take a piece of chocolate, even if you try cutting down on sweets.
On the 14-th of August Independence Day is celebrated in Pakistan. Firstly this national holiday happened in 1947, it was established in honour of anniversary of independence announcement in Pakistan.
