function greetings(lang) {
	mySysDate=new Date();
	myMonth=mySysDate.getMonth();
	myDate=mySysDate.getDate();
	
	myMonth=myMonth+1;
	
	if(myMonth==1&&myDate<16) {
		if(lang == 'j') {document.write('<p class="topics_article"><img src="common_images/topics_article_head.gif" alt="" height="9" width="12" border="0" />あけましておめでとうございます。本年もどうぞよろしくお願いいたします。</p>')}
		else {document.write('<p class="topics_article"><img src="common_images/topics_article_head.gif" alt="" height="9" width="12" border="0" />Happy New Year.  Be counting on you this year.</p>')}
	}
}