Tokyo, May 3.
Age-old beliefs that Japanese wo- P Pierce men born in the year of the tiger under the Signs of Zodiac make bad wives, or that certain days are unlucky for travel according. to the Lunar Calendar, be blasted by a campaign to be jointly organized by the Home and Welfare Ministries, and the National Service Association.
The Lunar Calendar and the Signs of Zodiac have long been banished from Japanese homes. However, their long use in the past have given rise to sundry superstitions which persist in parts of the country, especially the rural regions.
Declaring that these obsessions are not in keeping with the progressive spirit of present-day Japan, the an. thorities will launch a campaign immediately in an attempt to debunk them. Sponsors of the movement will distribute large numbers of pamphlets blasting these baseless creeds.
The Home Ministry, it was revealed, is expediting the compilation of a solar calendar suited to the farmers which will be published later in the year—Domei.
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