http://www.keidanren.or.jp/policy/wlb/data/ap 2015 Employee Opinion Survey on Work Styles “Employee opinion survey on work styles” from October 2015 2016 Employee Opinion Survey on Work Styles 2017 Employee Opinion Survey on Work Styles “Annual paid leave on an hourly basis”from April 2016 Employees can choose to take hourly-based paid leave up to the accumulated number of such hours equivalent to 5 days per fiscal year as part of their annual paid leave.