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    The Day of the Chicken

    8 February 2023

    Today, February 8, is The Day of the Chicken in Japan, according to the Japan Anniversary Association. The anniversary was chosen because of one phonetic reading for the date. In Japanese, phrasing today’s date would be 2月8日, which is literally the “second month and eighth day” if rendered in English. One way to phrase the two days making up today’s date in Japanese is “ni,” symbolizing two, and “wa,” for eight. Chicken in Japanese is niwatori, so the bird (tori) of the ni (2nd) and wa (eighth) is clearly the chook, thus The Day of the Chicken. The Association says…

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