Overworked Japan celebrated Labor Day on a Saturday this year soranews24.com

They need time off to rest their bodies and souls, and so the Japanese government builds in safeguards in the form of national holidays.
For example, last week Japan observed Labor Day.
Since the holiday comes in the late fall, it’s not celebrated with outdoor barbecues like its American counterpart in September is, but hey, a day off is a day off, right?
Japan’s National Holiday Law, also known as Act No.
That’s something that happened twice this year, which takes just a little bit of the sting out of Labor Day falling on what was already a day off.