"John W." <worthj1970@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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On Aug 3, 9:44 am, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> B Anderson <b...@qld.com> wrote:
> > So now we have a glorious repeat of Golden Week coming up September,
> > whereby the day between two holidays has been declared another holiday.
> > But it is not glorious. Why must the Japanese have these elongated
> > sessions of national holidays? It is disruptive, bad for productivity,
> > and everyone pours into holiday destinations, crams onto planes and
> > shinkansens that are near empty most of the year.
> > My office deals with many overseas clients and they basically freak out,
> > thinking we are ignoring their calls and e-mails.
> > And I can answer my own question: the Japs need to be forced at gunpoint
> > to take a holiday. Their office has to actually be closed to convince
> > them to take days off.
>
> I found one of the advantages of being a furriner was that I could work
> through those periods, keeping the office open for clients, and enjoy
> a MUCH less crowded Tokyo, and take comp time when all the vacation spots
> were far less crowded, and the prices lower.
>
>I would give my left (and maybe my right, too) testicle to work in
>Japan on a corporate ticket. My company's international expansion
>plans are limited to maybe Canada.
>
>John W
>
Why the big nut offering over living in Japan?