Happy Solar New Year

[Michio Yano]

N. Ganesan wrote:
>Read in a newspaper that Japan celebrates its New year on
>14 April 1998. Does Japan follow Solar calender for
>New year computations? What other people follow Solar
>calender in India or elsewhere?

I am a Japanese living in Japan for 53 years, but I have never
heard of selebrating 14 April as a new year day in Japan. Probably
there is some misunderstanding.  Please tell me the source of
information.

Michio YANO
Kyoto Sangyo University
yanom at cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp
http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/~yanom/