Working days in Japan, 2026
Japan has 244 working days in 2026: the year's 261 weekdays, minus the 17 nationwide public holidays that land on one. The month-by-month table below is computed from the same holiday data the calendar maker prints.
Month by month
| Month | Weekdays | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| February | 20 | 2 | 18 |
| March | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| April | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| May | 21 | 3 | 18 |
| June | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| July | 23 | 1 | 22 |
| August | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| September | 22 | 3 | 19 |
| October | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| November | 21 | 2 | 19 |
| December | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Total | 261 | 17 | 244 |
- The fullest month is December with 23 working days; the lightest is February with 18.
- Counts use nationwide holidays only — regional ones (a state day in the US, a cantonal day in Switzerland) reduce the total further where they apply.
- Weekends are Saturday and Sunday. Half-day customs — a Christmas Eve afternoon, a Bayram eve — are not subtracted.
Which holidays are subtracted
The 17 nationwide holidays falling on weekdays come from the same dataset as the Japan public holidays 2026 page, which lists each one with the weekday it lands on — and how Japan's holiday system works:
- Japan runs a substitute-holiday rule — furikae kyūjitsu: when a national holiday falls on a Sunday, the next working day becomes a holiday. The observed dates are what this page shows.
- The Happy Monday System moved several holidays to Mondays on purpose — Coming of Age Day, Marine Day, Respect for the Aged Day and Sports Day — to manufacture three-day weekends.
- Golden Week stacks four holidays between 29 April and 5 May; with the substitution rule it regularly produces the country’s longest break, and any weekday gap in it becomes a de facto bridge day.
Print it
The calendar maker opens on 2026 with Japan holidays marked, ready to print — and the 2026 calendar page carries the year's other numbers.