Public holidays in Japan were established by the Public Holiday Law of 1948. A provision of the law establishes that when a national holiday falls on a Sunday, the next working day shall become a public holiday, known as furikae kyūjitsu. Additionally, any day that falls between two other national holidays shall also become a holiday, known as kokumin no kyūjitsu. May 4, sandwiched between Constitution Memorial Day on May 3 and Children's Day on May 5, was an annual example of such a holiday until it was replaced by Greenery Day in 2007.
The word Japan is an exonym, and is used by a large number of languages. The Japanese names for Japan are Nippon and Nihon. They are both written in Japanese using the kanji 日本.
Chinese star names are named according to ancient Chinese astronomy and astrology. The sky is divided into star mansions and asterisms. The system of 283 asterisms under Three Enclosures and Twenty-eight Mansions was established by Chen Zhuo of the Three Kingdoms period, who synthesized ancient constellations and the asterisms created by early astronomers Shi Shen, Gan De and Wuxian. Since the Han and Jin Dynasties, stars have been given reference numbers within their asterisms in a system similar to the Bayer or Flamsteed designations, so that individual stars can be identified. For example, Deneb is referred to as 天津四.
The Vermilion Bird is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. According to Wu Xing, the Taoist five-elemental system, it represents the fire-element, the direction south, and the season summer correspondingly. Thus it is sometimes called the Vermilion bird of the South. It is known as Zhū Què in Chinese, Suzaku in Japanese, Jujak in Korean and Chu Tước in Vietnamese. It is described as a red bird that resembles a pheasant with a five-colored plumage and is perpetually covered in flames. Represented by Jonangu Shrine in the southern part of Kyoto.
Visitors to Taiwan must obtain a visa or authorization in advance, unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries or countries whose nationals are eligible for visa on arrival. All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months.
Wuhou District is one of nine districts of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, China. It contains the historic site, Wuhou Temple and Jinli Street. The district is bordered by Jinjiang District to the east, Shuangliu County to the south and west, and Qingyang District to the north.
Japanese people in China are Japanese expatriates and emigrants and their descendants residing in Greater China. There were 127,282 Japanese nationals living in People's Republic of China in 2009. About 105,764 Japanese nationals resided in Mainland China, 27,429 in Hong Kong and Macau, about 20,373 in the Republic of China.
The Hainan Daily is a daily Chinese language newspaper published in Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. Originally the organ of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), it was established on May 7, 1950. Following reform and opening up, in July 2004 it was privatised and became part of the Hainan Daily Press Group. This group also operates the online news service hinews.cn in simplified Chinese, which in 2009 won a national prize for innovative website development.
The Rizhao–Lankao Expressway / Rizhao–Dongming Expressway / Rizhao–Nanyang Expressway, commonly referred to as the Rilan Expressway / Ridong Expressway / Rinan Expressway, is a 472.36-kilometre-long Chinese expressway (293.51 mi) that connects the cities of Rizhao, in the province of Shandong, and Kaifeng, in the province of Henan. The expressway is named after the two localities at its termini, Rizhao, to the east, and Lankao County, a county under the administration of Kaifeng, to the west. Despite this namesake, the expressway's western terminus is actually in Xiangfu District., a neighbouring district in Kaifeng.
Burqin Kanas Airport is a seasonal airport that serves Burqin County and the nearby tourist destination Kanas Lake in Xinjiang, China. It is located 50 kilometers south of the lake in Burqin County. The airport was constructed in 2006 and opened on 15 August 2007.
The China anti-Japanese demonstrations of 2012 were a series of demonstrations held across major cities in China during August and September 2012. The main cause of the demonstrations was the escalation of the Senkaku Islands dispute between China and Japan around the time of the anniversary of the "September 18 Incident". Protesters in several cities later became violent and local authorities began arresting demonstrators and banning the demonstrations.
Japanese School of Beijing (JSB) is a Japanese education day school in Chaoyang District, Beijing. The students are children of diplomats, businesspeople, and workers in foreign institutions.
Chinese Idol is a Chinese reality/singing competition program. Based on the British television series, Pop Idol, which was created by Simon Fuller and developed by FremantleMedia, Chinese Idol premiered on May 19, 2013 on DragonTV and is currently hosted by Chinese TV Hosts Lin Hai who previously hosted the Chinese version of Family Feud and Cheng Lei who hosted China's Got Talent and the Chinese version of Top Gear. The show is ended its second season on December 14, 2014.
Rizhao Shanzihe Airport is an airport serving the city of Rizhao in Shandong Province, China. The airport received approval from the State Council of China and the Central Military Commission in October 2013. It is located in Houcun Town (后村镇), Donggang District. It was opened on 22 December 2015.
The Shanghai Japanese School (SJS) is a Japanese international school serving primary and junior high school levels in Shanghai. It has two campuses, one in Hongqiao and one in Pudong. The school's teachers are Japanese citizens. The school also has a senior high school component.
The Japanese School of Dalian is a Japanese international school in the Dalian Biodiverse Emerging Science and Technology City, in Zhongshan District, Dalian, China.
Yitian Holiday Plaza is a shopping mall in Nanshan, Shenzhen, China. It is located within the Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) area of Shenzhen, and a walking distance from a number of theme parks such as Window of the World and Splendid China. The mall features, amongst others, a Westin Hotel, an ice rink and the first Apple retail store in Shenzhen.
Pseudo-Chinese is a form of Japanese Internet slang which first appeared around 2009. It involves taking sentences which are grammatically Japanese and stripping away the hiragana and katakana, leaving only the kanji behind, which causes the resultant sentence to appear Chinese. The phenomenon has spread to China, where Chinese speakers can often guess the meaning of the sentences despite not knowing Japanese. Taiwan's Central News Agency has hailed pseudo-Chinese as a new platform for Sino-Japanese communication.
