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00:00Many Japanese people take a day off on the calendar.
00:04On weekends and holidays, the highways are congested,
00:08tourist attractions are crowded,
00:10accommodation and transportation costs are high,
00:13and there are not many people who think,
00:16let's take a day off, but let's not go out.
00:19The local government is trying to change this Japanese way of taking a day off.
00:26The economy, the labor market, and the education sector
00:29are all working together.
00:31I decided to start this holiday reform
00:34with the idea of starting from Aichi.
00:38I think France is a good example.
00:42What is a good example of a holiday in France?
00:47The holidays are scattered, the demand is scattered,
00:50and when you go to tourist attractions,
00:53you can stay cheaply, there is no congestion,
00:56and you can travel with a high degree of satisfaction.
01:01If the way of taking a day off changes,
01:03will the trip be more profitable and fun?
01:06What is the trick?
01:09I think it's good because there is a theme park.
01:14I'm going to Universal Studios with my family next time,
01:17but when I take a day off, it's crowded,
01:19so I thought I'd take a day off.
01:21This program is brought to you by Aichi Prefecture,
01:24which promotes the distribution of holidays and the promotion of paid leave.
01:27We will look at the present and future of holiday reform
01:30through the efforts of Aichi Prefecture,
01:32which promotes the creation of an environment
01:34that makes it easier for people to take a day off.
01:39The first season special of the year 2025.
01:42The present and future of holiday reform from the local government to all over the country.
01:48Why did Aichi Prefecture decide to implement a reform
01:52that changes the way Japanese people take a day off?
01:55We asked the key man about it.
01:59One year, I went to a tourist attraction in Shito Prefecture
02:02with my family during the Golden Week.
02:07It was crowded, expensive, and the service was not good.
02:11That's true.
02:12If it's crowded and you concentrate,
02:14the people working will be busy,
02:17and the service will be poor.
02:20During a specific holiday like the Golden Week,
02:23Japanese people are forced to go to tourist attractions.
02:28We can only go to tourist attractions at this time.
02:32I experienced it with my own skin.
02:34I thought it was wrong.
02:37Japan's annual holidays,
02:39the total number of paid days off,
02:42is not much different from the advanced countries in Europe,
02:46but the percentage of paid days off is low.
02:51As a result,
02:52Japanese people tend to concentrate on the holidays
02:56and take a day off together.
03:01What is the problem of taking a day off?
03:04The representative of Hoshino Resort,
03:07which has been involved in the tourism industry for many years,
03:11has long pointed out that
03:13the demand for Japanese tourism
03:16is concentrated on 100 days out of 365 days a year.
03:21100 days is a profitable day,
03:24and 265 days is a profitable day no matter how hard you work.
03:28This is one of the reasons why the productivity of the entire tourism industry does not increase.
03:33At the same time,
03:34because everyone's holidays are concentrated on 100 days,
03:38the prices go up,
03:41the tourist attractions are crowded,
03:43and there are traffic jams on the expressways.
03:46In fact, it is not a trip with a high degree of satisfaction.
03:51When many people take a day off at the same time,
03:54the destination is crowded everywhere.
03:57As a result, it is difficult to travel satisfactorily
04:00because the cost tends to be high.
04:04From the perspective of the tourism industry that accepts tourists,
04:08it is said that the current situation in which demand is concentrated on half a day
04:11is reducing the productivity of labor through the year.
04:16This is a way of taking a day off,
04:21and the demand for tourism,
04:24the demand for people to move,
04:26should be distributed and standardized on weekends and weekdays.
04:30People who go to tourist attractions are happy about this,
04:33and people who work there are also happy.
04:37I thought it was a good thing,
04:39so I decided to start this holiday reform
04:42with the idea that I wanted to start it from Aichi.
04:47France is said to be the model for the holiday reform that Aichi Prefecture is thinking of.
04:55At a French school,
04:57winter vacation and spring vacation are set in three regions.
05:02For example, by taking a long vacation according to the children's holidays,
05:07the distribution of national holidays is realized.
05:12In ski resorts, which are particularly popular in winter,
05:15the winter vacation is distributed,
05:17and the crowd is reduced.
05:19You can enjoy a comfortable ski vacation.
05:24If you try to incorporate this idea of taking a day off in Japan,
05:29the key is to take a day off on weekdays.
05:33From here, let's take a look at the activities that Aichi Prefecture is doing to take a day off on weekdays.
05:41Among the activities of Aichi Prefecture,
05:43the ones that are particularly attracting attention from all over the country are
05:46the day of vacation and the day of the people, school holidays.
05:51First, from the day of vacation.
05:55Have you ever taken a day off on a vacation?
05:58Yes, today as well.
06:00Today as well?
06:02A day of vacation is a combination of learning and vacation.
06:07It is a day when children can think of activities such as experience and research on weekdays with their guardians,
06:14compare them, and implement them.
06:18It is a system where you don't have to go to school,
06:20but you don't have to take a day off from school,
06:22but you don't have to go to school.
06:26How do they actually spend their days off?
06:29We asked in the city.
06:32I used it once.
06:34What do you mean?
06:36I used it on a family trip.
06:38Toyama.
06:39I went to Toyama.
06:40Toyama?
06:41Yes.
06:42Next time, I'm going to Universal Studios with my family.
06:45At that time, it will be crowded when I take a day off,
06:49so I thought I'd take a day off.
06:55Aichi Prefecture is the first country in the world to implement a day off
07:00where children don't have to go to school with their guardians.
07:04Other municipalities and local governments are paying attention.
07:08There are many inquiries and surveys,
07:10and up to now, eight municipalities have actually introduced it.
07:16To implement this day off,
07:18the education system, especially the school site, needed to be understood.
07:23One-third of the people who work in the world now work on Saturdays,
07:29and one-third work on Sundays.
07:32In such an environment,
07:34it is difficult to take a day off,
07:37and it is a system that is very popular with your family.
07:42This is the first time in Japan that this has been implemented.
07:47First of all, we need to get to know the system well.
07:52First of all, we need to go around the municipalities
07:55and explain the system to the people involved in education.
08:02As a result, 53 municipalities, except for Nagoya,
08:07were able to implement it last year.
08:12How do the people at the site receive the day off?
08:19We asked a soba restaurant that also works on Sundays.
08:23Basically, I can't take a day off on Sundays,
08:27so I used to take a day off when I was in elementary school and junior high school.
08:31But when I was in junior high school,
08:34it was hard to take a day off when I got a result.
08:39I can't go back to Saitama Stadium,
08:42which is the national soccer stadium in Japan.
08:46I also went to Kabuki last year.
08:50Welcome voices from essential workers,
08:53who work regardless of the calendar,
08:56in medical, welfare, childcare, labor and logistics.
09:02The nurse who works at this hospital
09:05I went twice this year, in January and July.
09:10In January, I was asked where I wanted to go
09:15and what I wanted to do.
09:17I was told that I wanted to go to Universal Studios,
09:20so I told my children that I would go
09:24if they made all the plans.
09:27My children made all the plans.
09:31Based on my experience in January,
09:34I was told that I wanted to go to Disneyland next,
09:38so I reflected on my previous experience
09:41and made a plan.
09:44I was really hungry.
09:48The day of L'Arcation started in Aichi Prefecture.
09:52The local Nagoya Bank is also working on
09:56the Aichi Prefecture Holiday Reform Project,
09:59which includes the day of L'Arcation.
10:02The Aichi Prefecture started the Holiday Reform Project,
10:07and we agreed on the purpose.
10:10We started the Holiday Reform Project last year.
10:15In addition to the regular paid leave,
10:18we will provide paid leave for employees,
10:21including part-time employees.
10:24I think it would be good to take a day off
10:28with your family and children
10:31to go to sightseeing or learning facilities on weekdays.
10:36For example, I went to Kitsaniya
10:39and had a job experience.
10:42Those facilities are very crowded on weekends.
10:45So I can't have many job experiences,
10:48but I had a wide range of job experiences
10:51on weekdays because I was free.
10:54My customers were very happy.
10:57Actually, I put a lot of such experiences
11:00on the intranet in the company,
11:03and I realized that there are ways to spend time like this,
11:07and there are ways to use it like this.
11:10So I'm going to brush up on it for next year.
11:15I'm going to be able to go on a high-satisfaction trip
11:18without being crowded and staying cheaply.
11:24How can Mr. Hoshino come up with
11:27a way to take a day off in the future
11:30with his family and children?
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14:15Aichi Prefecture has more people for the entire year
14:18due to the Aichi Week coming
14:20which we have originally predicted.
14:23Even so, this year we decided to join the
14:26opening of more locations accompanying
14:28other candidates for sacrificial destruction.
14:34As for Aichi Prefecture,
14:36it wants to create an environment
14:38for all residents to enjoy
14:40during the Aichi Week.
14:42We asked the local government and private companies to offer discounts and events.
14:49Nagoya Railway is selling free train and bus tickets for children for 150 yen.
14:56In addition, if you purchase a ticket, the Nagoya Railway group's tourist facilities will be free of charge.
15:04During Aichi week, ANA issued a discount coupon for the first tube international flight.
15:13We released it under the name of ANA Travelers Dynamic Package.
15:18During Aichi week, if you want to purchase a set of our air tickets and hotels from Tube International Airport as a dynamic package,
15:31we set a discount of 5,000 yen per person for more than two people.
15:38We also strongly agree with this type of holiday reform.
15:44For this purpose, we thought that it would be difficult to settle unless there was a measure to push the back.
15:52Among them, we would like to ask our customers at a price point,
15:57so that this kind of project will go well, and with the merit of the price, customers can go further.
16:04Along with this measure, I thought that it would be a good opportunity to take a day off on weekdays and learn with children.
16:14The teachers at the school, who are said to be busy, also have a good influence.
16:19In 2023, 95% of the teachers who got a day off from school on the day of the people.
16:28As for the staff at the school, there are currently 49 people, but 46 of them got a day off.
16:40As for the remaining three people, they seem to be working part-time to do some business,
16:50but many staff took a day off.
16:53I visited the museum.
17:00On the day of the location introduced by Aichi Prefecture and the day of the people,
17:06I could see the challenges on the one hand, which had a certain effect.
17:11When I listened to the voice of the town,
17:15What were you doing at school?
17:17I was playing around.
17:20How long did you play?
17:23About 10 hours.
17:25You play too much.
17:27I recommend my parents to work.
17:30I think it's a very good system.
17:34But I think it's difficult without an environment where parents can take a day off.
17:40At work, my husband and I still have a hard time.
17:50First of all, I think that's important.
17:54In this way, even if children take a day off on weekdays,
17:57I was also asked about the case of parents not being able to put together a day off.
18:03In the survey of Aichi Prefecture,
18:05On the day of the people, on school holidays,
18:07As a reason for the parents who did not take a day off,
18:10There are many voices that raise the environment of shift students and office workers for a reason.
18:15As the income goes down,
18:17I found that there are not many opinions that raise anxiety in terms of salary.
18:23As we look forward to the holiday reform project,
18:27It is the chairman of the Association of Aichi Prefecture who says that the understanding of the corporate side is necessary for the spread of the system.
18:34As long as you take a day off,
18:37I think that small and medium-sized companies are in an environment where it is difficult to take a day off.
18:40And small and medium-sized companies need to increase their prices.
18:43It is the most troublesome thing for small and medium-sized companies to order single-use machines.
18:47I often hear that if there is a change in specifications just before,
18:53Pay a separate fee.
18:55I also thought about working in a small and medium-sized company.
19:01I think that such an order-based company is basically OK.
19:07However, I think that it is necessary to be considerate of the employees of the partner.
19:12Whether it is working hours or so-called price changes,
19:17I think that appropriate transactions are also necessary.
19:22Now, it is said that the low-paying children are living in the so-called location.
19:30It means that the income is high.
19:32About 97% of the number of people who have heard about the recognition of this system have recognized this system itself.
19:45Of course, there are challenges for people who think that this system itself has an effect.
19:52Of course, there are challenges, but we expect that this good system will spread further.
20:00For that purpose, I think that it is necessary to understand the workplace and support the society.
20:09I am hoping that such opportunities will be created.
20:13I think that this is a project that I would like to succeed.
20:18In Aichi Prefecture, we are aiming to promote the Yasumikata Reform Project by collaborating with economic organizations and labor organizations to improve the understanding of the workplace.
20:30It is said that our journey will change when initiatives such as the People's Day and School Holiday, which were the trigger of Aichi Week, spread.
20:40Aichi Week is in November, but if the same system is set in different prefectures in other prefectures,
20:48holidays will be distributed separately in 47 prefectures.
20:53At the same time, demand will be distributed, and when you go to a tourist attraction, you will be able to travel with a high degree of satisfaction without confusion.
21:05This is a plus for the tourism industry, and I think it will be a great plus for those who travel.
21:14At the same time, if Shizuoka Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and Nagano Prefecture around Aichi Prefecture set the same system in different prefectures,
21:25the residents of each prefecture will go and come.
21:31It can be achieved that both have economic effects.
21:36President Takahashi of the Japan Tourism Association says that the distribution of holidays not only makes travel more comfortable, but also has a good impact on people working in the tourism industry.
21:48Traveling on weekdays will create a new job.
21:53If that job is stabilized, it will be a problem in our industry, but it will also be a problem in the food industry,
22:04and it will lead to a reduction in the shortage of people.
22:10Looking at the current situation of the tourism industry, it is the same for the hotel industry as well as the travel industry,
22:18but on Saturdays and Sundays, a certain amount of demand is expected, so we will respond to this with regular employment.
22:26However, on weekdays, demand is extremely unstable, and it is difficult to predict what kind of demand will occur,
22:33so it is a fact that we are responding with irregular employment.
22:38Therefore, if the demand on weekdays stabilizes to some extent, it will be possible to respond with regular employment.
22:47At the same time as employment is born, it leads to the stabilization of employment,
22:51and I think that this will lead to an increase in the number of people working in the tourism industry,
22:58as well as the prevention of unemployment.
23:09If initiatives such as Aichi Week spread throughout Japan,
23:13the number of Japanese holidays will be distributed,
23:16and the demand for tourism on weekdays will occur somewhere throughout the year,
23:20so it is a system of two birds with one stone that leads to the enjoyment of travel and the stabilization of employment in the tourism industry.
23:29How is the country looking at the initiative of Aichi Prefecture to change the way of Japanese holidays from the local area?
23:38In particular, Aichi Prefecture has created a new concept called location by combining learning and vacation,
23:48as well as economic, labor, and education.
24:00I think that we are working on the distribution of vacations ahead of time all over Japan.
24:08For example, as a result of Aichi Prefecture's holiday reform,
24:14Aichi Prefecture is holding Aichi Week,
24:19and I heard that the number of Aichi residents is increasing at about 20% of the nearby prefectural accommodation facilities.
24:36In this way, Aichi Prefecture is analyzing and distributing the effects of its initiatives,
24:50and I think that this kind of initiative will continue to advance
24:55in order to acquire and distribute vacations in other localities.
25:00As the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism,
25:05we have introduced the initiatives of Aichi Prefecture in the Ministry of Tourism and Tourism,
25:09and we have also awarded the Japan Tourism Award,
25:14which is a very unique initiative.
25:19We have introduced the initiatives of Aichi Prefecture in this way,
25:25and we hope that this kind of initiative will spread more and more
25:30as each locality takes steps to acquire vacations and distribute them.
25:41How will Aichi Prefecture's holiday reform progress in the future?
25:48I hope that everyone can take a break when they want to take a break,
25:53and I hope that we can create a society where other people can take a break with the spirit of each other.
26:02I hope that we can change the consciousness of the Japanese people and connect them to the activities of Japan as a whole.
26:10I want to spread it as a national movement and a movement theory.
26:16He is also looking forward to the success of the holiday reform.
26:22If this spreads and the Japanese holidays are really distributed,
26:27we will be able to see the way to go to a tourist country,
26:32and I expect that it will lead to a big economic change in Japan, which started in the local area.
26:41The holiday reform started in the local area.
26:46If you take a break from work, you will cause trouble to others, right?
26:50It may be the spirit of each other to overcome such a barrier of worry.
26:56Every week, a local prefecture becomes a holiday week,
27:00and the parents and children spend time together in the park in the neighborhood where there are few crowds on weekdays.
27:09Children grow through vacation.
27:14The way of working of adults also changes due to the holidays of children, and the local economy becomes active.
27:22The holiday reform will continue to the future where such a landscape spreads all over the country.