Japan National Holidays and Office Holidays 2008
Our office will be closed on the following Japanese National holidays during the year 2008. If a filing deadline falls on one of the days below, the filing date will be extended to the next business day.

Our office holidays for 2008 are:
Saturday, December 29, 2007 -
Thursday, January 3, 2008		 New Year's Holidays
Monday, January 14 Coming of Age Day
Monday, February 11 National Foundation Day
Thursday, March 20 Vernal Equinox
Tuesday, April 29 Showa Day
Saturday, May 3 Constitution Memorial Day
Sunday, May 4 Greenery Day
Monday, May 5 Children's Day
Tuesday, May 6 Holiday in lieu (Greenery Day)
Monday, July 21 Marine Day
Monday, September 15 Respect for the Aged Day
Tuesday, September 23 Autumnal Equinox Day
Monday, October 13 Health and Sports Day
Monday, November 3 National Culture Day
Sunday, November 23 Labor Thanksgiving Day
Monday, November 24 Holiday in lieu (Labor Thanksgiving Day)
Tuesday, December 23 Emperor's Birthday
Saturday, December 27, 2008 -Sunday, January 4, 2009
 New Year's 2009 Holidays

Friday, December 28, 2007 will be the last day for us to file documents or applications with the Japan Patent Office in 2007. If you have deadlines pending around this period, we encourage you to send us your instructions as soon as possible so that we will have sufficient time to prepare documents in Japanese. Any deadline that falls on a date during the National holiday period will be extended to the next business day, January 4, 2008.

We will have staff checking incoming facsimiles and emails for any urgent matters. However, we ask for your understanding since our responses may be delayed during the holiday season.


This page updated December 19, 2007
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