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Keiro-no-Hi (Respect-for-the-Aged Day)

September 15

Keiro-no-Hi is a national holiday in Japan set aside as a day to honor the elderly. At community centers entertainments are held and the guests are given small keepsakes and gifts of food—for example, rice cakes dyed red and white, the traditional Japanese colors of happiness.

CONTACTS:
Japan Information Network, Japan Center for Intercultural Communications
2-7-7 Hirakawacho
Chiyodaku
Tokyo, 102-0093 Japan
81-3-3263-5041; fax: 81-3-3230-4107
home.jcic.or.jp/en/index-e.html

SOURCES:
AnnivHol-2000, p. 155
FolkWrldHol-1999, p. 558

Celebration day: Sep 15

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No references found			15 Kyodo Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press: LDP CANDIDATES MUST JUSTIFY VOTERS' BURDENS (The Daily Yomiuri as translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun) Respect-for-the-Aged Day falls on Monday, amid the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election campaign. Japanese editorial excerpts by Japan Policy & Politics The bill to revise the national holiday law would move Marine Day, now on July 20, and Respect-for-the-Aged Day, on Sept. Ruling bloc mulls shifting 2 more national holidays by Japan Weekly Monitor The seniors' week plan was apparently instituted in the face of opposition from a senior citizens' lobby against shifting the date of Respect-for-the-Aged day. Bill to create 3-day holidays in July, Sept. enacted by Japan Policy & Politics			Resonator resonator grid resonator wavemeter Resonator, Acoustic Resor, Stanley resorbed reef resorcin Resorcinol resorcinol acetate resorcinol adhesive resorcinol diglycidyl ether resorcinol monoacetate resorcinol-formaldehyde resin Resorption resource Resource Access Control Facility resource allocation in multiproject scheduling resource compiler Resource Description Framework resource discovery resource fork resource manager resource requirements Resource Reservation Protocol Resourcefulness Respect-for-the-Aged Day Respighi Respighi, Ottorino Respiration Respiration, Intramolecular Respirator respiratory arrest Respiratory Center Respiratory Chromogens respiratory dead space Respiratory Diseases, Acute respiratory distress syndrome respiratory distress syndrome of newborn respiratory epithelium respiratory minute volume Respiratory Muscles Respiratory Mycoplasmosis Respiratory Organs respiratory pigment respiratory quotient Respiratory Quotient RQ respiratory syncytial virus respiratory system respiratory therapy respiratory tree respirometer			respect respect Respect and Value Everyone respect as Respect Dignité Honneur Respect du Handicap Respect Equality Socialism Peace Environment Community Trade Unionism respect for Respect for All Project Respect for Law Alliance, Inc. Respect for Others Advisory Committee Respect for People Respect for the autonomy of rational beings Respect for the autonomy of rational beings Respect for the autonomy of rational beings Respect for the autonomy of rational beings Respect for the autonomy of rational beings Respect for the dead Respect for the dead Respect for the dead Respect for Youth Respect Honor Glory Respect Other People Equally Siempre Respect Your Elders Respect Your Universe Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women Respect, Enthusiasm, Achievement, Citizenship, Hard Work Respect, Equality, Awareness and Learning Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence Respect, Opportunity, Choices, Knowledge, Strength Respect-for-the-Aged Day respectability respectability respectability respectable respectable Respectable (disambiguation) Respectable (disambiguation) Respectable (Song) Respectable (Song) Respectable witness respectableness respectableness respectably respectably Respectant respected respected respected respected Respected Mature Women with Class/Confidence respecter respecter respecter respecter respecters respectful respectful respectful deportment Respectful, Organized, Cooperative and Knowledgeable respectfully

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Keiro-no-Hi (redirected from Respect-for-the-Aged Day)

Keiro-no-Hi
(redirected from Respect-for-the-Aged Day)