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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Japan, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.

How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing

36
Observances
4
Subdivisions
1
Exchange
1
Calendar system

Includes subnational coverage · 4 subdivisions covered.

The next public holiday in Japan is

Respect

In 29 days · expected; set by announcement

11:37 local time in Japan Weekend Last: Mountain Day, 11 August 2026 · 12 days ago · expected; set by announcement

Computed · local time Asia/Tokyo

Work with Japan’s calendar

Japan public holidays in 2026

16 national closures in 2026, of 36 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.

DateObservanceEvidence
1 January 2026New Year's Day expectedVerified
12 January 2026Coming of Age Day expectedVerified
11 February 2026National Foundation Day expectedVerified
23 February 2026Emperor's Birthday expectedVerified
20 March 2026Vernal Equinox Day expectedCompiled
29 April 2026Showa Day expectedVerified
4 May 2026Constitution Memorial Day expectedVerified
4 May 2026Greenery Day expectedVerified
5 May 2026Children's Day expectedVerified
20 July 2026Marine Day expectedVerified
11 August 2026Mountain Day expectedVerified
21 September 2026Respect expectedVerified
23 September 2026Autumnal Equinox Day expectedCompiled
12 October 2026Sports Day expectedVerified
3 November 2026Culture Day expectedVerified
23 November 2026Labor Thanksgiving Day expectedVerified

The shape of Japan’s year

Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.

JFMAMJJASOND1 January — New Year's Day2 January3 January4 January5 January6 January7 January8 January9 January10 January11 January12 January — Coming of Age Day13 January14 January15 January16 January17 January18 January19 January20 January21 January22 January23 January24 January25 January26 January27 January28 January29 January30 January31 January1 February2 February3 February4 February5 February6 February7 February8 February9 February10 February11 February — National Foundation Day12 February13 February14 February15 February16 February17 February18 February19 February20 February21 February22 February23 February — Emperor's Birthday24 February25 February26 February27 February28 February1 March2 March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 March13 March14 March15 March16 March17 March18 March19 March20 March — Vernal Equinox Day21 March22 March23 March24 March25 March26 March27 March28 March29 March30 March31 March1 April2 April3 April4 April5 April6 April7 April8 April9 April10 April11 April12 April13 April14 April15 April16 April17 April18 April19 April20 April21 April22 April23 April24 April25 April26 April27 April28 April29 April — Showa Day30 April1 May2 May3 May4 May — Greenery Day5 May — Children's Day6 May7 May8 May9 May10 May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24 May25 May26 May27 May28 May29 May30 May31 May1 June2 June3 June4 June5 June6 June7 June8 June9 June10 June11 June12 June13 June14 June15 June16 June17 June18 June19 June20 June21 June22 June23 June24 June25 June26 June27 June28 June29 June30 June1 July2 July3 July4 July5 July6 July7 July8 July9 July10 July11 July12 July13 July14 July15 July16 July17 July18 July19 July20 July — Marine Day21 July22 July23 July24 July25 July26 July27 July28 July29 July30 July31 July1 August2 August3 August4 August5 August6 August7 August8 August9 August10 August11 August — Mountain Day12 August13 August14 August15 August16 August17 August18 August19 August20 August21 August22 August23 August24 August25 August26 August27 August28 August29 August30 August31 August1 September2 September3 September4 September5 September6 September7 September8 September9 September10 September11 September12 September13 September14 September15 September16 September17 September18 September19 September20 September21 September — Respect22 September23 September — Autumnal Equinox Day24 September25 September26 September27 September28 September29 September30 September1 October2 October3 October4 October5 October6 October7 October8 October9 October10 October11 October12 October — Sports Day13 October14 October15 October16 October17 October18 October19 October20 October21 October22 October23 October24 October25 October26 October27 October28 October29 October30 October31 October1 November2 November3 November — Culture Day4 November5 November6 November7 November8 November9 November10 November11 November12 November13 November14 November15 November16 November17 November18 November19 November20 November21 November22 November23 November — Labor Thanksgiving Day24 November25 November26 November27 November28 November29 November30 November1 December2 December3 December4 December5 December6 December7 December8 December9 December10 December11 December12 December13 December14 December15 December16 December17 December18 December19 December20 December21 December22 December23 December24 December25 December26 December27 December28 December29 December30 December31 December

15 closuresevery other day

Long weekends in Japan, 2026

12 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. National closures only, computed on a Monday–Friday week — an assumption, not something the corpus records for this jurisdiction.

WhenLengthBecause ofLeave
1 Jan – 4 Jan4 daysNew Year's Daytake Fri 2 Jan
10 Jan – 12 Jan3 daysComing of Age Dayno leave needed
21 Feb – 23 Feb3 daysEmperor's Birthdayno leave needed
20 Mar – 22 Mar3 daysVernal Equinox Dayno leave needed
2 May – 5 May4 daysGreenery Day, Children's Dayno leave needed
18 Jul – 20 Jul3 daysMarine Dayno leave needed
8 Aug – 11 Aug4 daysMountain Daytake Mon 10 Aug
19 Sep – 21 Sep3 daysRespectno leave needed
19 Sep – 23 Sep5 daysRespect, Autumnal Equinox Daytake Tue 22 Sep
10 Oct – 12 Oct3 daysSports Dayno leave needed
31 Oct – 3 Nov4 daysCulture Daytake Mon 2 Nov
21 Nov – 23 Nov3 daysLabor Thanksgiving Dayno leave needed

Next in each subdivision

1 subdivision of Japan keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the Calendar API.

SubdivisionNextObservance
Tokyo2 January 2027New Year Second Day

How we know this

Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Japan, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.

10/14 layers held for Japan
Layer Records How we know Last checked Notes
Statutory closures1818 verified2026-08-03
Religious observances32 verified · 1 compiled—
Optional and restricted days1815 verified · 3 compiled2026-08-06
Substitution and in-lieu rules3633 verified · 3 compiled2026-08-06
School terms and breaks32——4 calendars
Subdivisions with their own dates4——
Exchanges1——XTKS (68)
Tax and filing deadlines4——
Elections22——
Announcements2——

Not held for Japan: Statutory weekly rest, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.

14 named documents, issued by 11 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:

Akan Ainu Kotan (Kushiro City commission) Government of Japan Heian Jingu Shrine Kyoto City (京都市観光協会) Okinawa Memorial Association Okinawa Prefecture tourism information (okinawastory.jp) Sapporo Snow Festival Executive Committee YOSAKOIソーラン祭り組織委員会 (via Hokkaido Love! official tourism site) internal python-holidays maintainers 内閣府 (Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)

From the Bulletin

What the corpus turned up about Japan — published when there is something, and silent when there is not.

Correction · Machinery · 22 August 2026 Where is an equinox? The March 2027 equinox falls on 20 March in London and 21 March in Tokyo. It is the same instant. We computed it correctly and then dated it in the wrong place, and so does most software that touches this.

How Japan keeps time

Observances36 across the national calendar and 4 subdivisions
Evidence33 verified · 0 corroborated · 3 compiled, from 26 named sources
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese
Calendar systemsgregorian
ExchangesXTKS
Last reviewed2026-08-06

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Mixed sourcing

33 of 36 dated closures were read from the instrument itself; the rest come from independent secondary sources or published compilations. Across 26 named sources, and every row says which.

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