Japan Culture

Japan's Golden Week End

Japan's Golden Week End
	As mentioned in last year's "Japan's Golden Week is Coming", Japan has a long holiday from late April to early May.
	The holiday on Apr 29, May 3, May 4, May 5, and the Saturday and Sunday.
	Many companies stop business even on the day which is not holiday, so the period is quite long. Of course there are companies won't rest.
	Longest case this year is 10 days.
	During this period, Japanese game makers won't have any news. Well, we may catch some from their overseas section.
	No news in Japan huh.
	Well, except 1 company.
	Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation Network leakage of personal information huh. The announcement made on Sunday May 1 is noticeable.
	In Japan, we could wait after the holiday for this kind of announcement, but this case is serious enough for them to do it earlier. Actually people complained the announcement is too late.
	Let's pay attention to PS Network's news of resuming service and leakage problem.

Be Careful about Japanese Info on April 1 April Fool
	April 1 is coming.
	Here is Japan, we celebrate April Fool and no one would blame any lie.
	Other countries celebrate April Fool too.
	But this year you need to be careful.
	Why?
	Japan just faced the Tohoku giant earthquake, and many problems leftover. If there are false info about Japan, people may really trust the false source.
	Especially we've got a nuclear power plant issue now, need to pay attention.
	If someone joke that there is an explosion at nuclear power plant, people will be in panic. We need to make confirmation.
	The plant really seems to be able to explode...
	So annoying.
	We can only trust the professional.
	So, this year's April 1 is not a good day to joke about Japan.
	Copy that.