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Kind of makes you a little jealous. we have reports here on two of them. this is from paula hancock in seoul and here is tokyo. >> reporter: this is the image that the world has of the japanese worker, serious and buttoned up and hard worker. guess what, that stereotype is true. according to japans government, the average japan worker gets 18 paid holidays a year but half, 50% of those take only eight of the 18 days. thats less than half of their paid vacation. the reason why? theres this long s...

Nations like germany. that mandate at least four weeks of vacation time every year. you think you have it bad? our paula hancocks and kyung lah take a look at a couple of countries that make americans look like slackers. >> reporter: this is the image that the world has of the japanese worker -- serious, buttoned up, and a very hard worker. guess what, everybody? that stereotype is true. according to japans government, the average japanese worker gets 18 paid holidays a year. but half, 50% of th...

joe johns, have a great rest of the weekend and safe travels. >> you, too. on this memorial day, i want to begin on cordova, alabama. it hit on the morning of april 27th by a powerful ef-3 tornado, and then the very same day ef-4 tornado hits that same town that night. cordova, alabama, is not the town that you see here in some of the video, some of the aerial pictures here and satellite images. a lot of folks have certainly lost their homes, but as we told you on friday, the cordova...

where shell stop until shes been there. she turned up this morning at the national archives in her words highlighting americas foundation and contemplating a run for president in 2012. yesterday palin hit the streets with rolling thunder, the motorcycle rally honoring americas m.i.a.s and p.o.w.s. but we think shell be in gettysburg, pennsylvania later today. jim acosta, shes used the word "foundation" a lot this morning. is she laying the foundation for a presidential run? >> reporter...