Showa Day
Japan · April 29 · Fiscal month FM1 · Quarter Q1
- Country
- Japan
- Date
- April 29
- Falls in fiscal month
- FM1 of Japan fiscal year
- Falls in fiscal quarter
- Q1
- Source
- Cabinet Office, Japan
About Showa Day
Start of Golden Week, honouring the Showa Emperor.
Where it lands in your fiscal year
For organisations operating on the Japan fiscal calendar, Showa Day falls in fiscal month 1 (FM1), inside quarter Q1. Treat the date as a non-working day in payroll calendars, exclude it from business-day counts when scheduling close milestones or accrual postings, and check vendor terms for any "next business day" payment clauses that would shift settlement.
If the holiday falls on a weekend, observance rules vary: the United States federal government observes the nearest preceding Friday or following Monday; the United Kingdom typically grants a substitute weekday. Check the country's official observance rules before locking payroll runs.
Operational impact for finance teams
For finance and operations teams, Showa Day reduces the working-day count for FM1 by one. If the holiday falls within two business days of a month-end, expect downstream impact on accruals (revenue cutoff, inventory counts, AP cutoffs) and on banking value dates. Wire transfers and ACH/Faster Payments usually settle the next business day; international wires may slip two days when origin and destination both observe the holiday. See our guide on mapping holidays to fiscal months for a worked example of how to fold observance dates into the close calendar.
Open the calendar
See this holiday highlighted in context on the printable monthly template:
Open April template → Full Japan fiscal year →
Year-by-year observance
Pick a specific year to see the actual weekday, weekend-observance shift (if any), and where the holiday lands inside that year's fiscal quarter:
Other holidays in Japan
- January 1 — New Year's Day
- February 11 — National Foundation Day
- May 3 — Constitution Memorial Day
- May 5 — Children's Day
- November 23 — Labour Thanksgiving Day