Constitution Memorial Day 2026
Japan · Sunday, May 3, 2026 · FM2, Q1 of FY2026
- Country
- Japan
- Calendar date 2026
- 2026-05-03 (Sunday)
- Observed date 2026
- 2026-05-04 (Monday) — Monday after (Commonwealth bank-holiday convention)
- Fiscal year
- FY2026 (open year)
- Fiscal month / quarter
- FM2 of 12 · Quarter Q1 · printable monthly template
- Source
- Cabinet Office, Japan
About Constitution Memorial Day
National holiday during Golden Week marking the 1947 Constitution.
This page is the 2026-specific edition: it shows the actual weekday, the observed date if a weekend rule applies, and the placement of the holiday inside the Japan fiscal year that contains it. For the canonical, year-agnostic overview see the main Constitution Memorial Day page.
2026 weekday and observance
In 2026, Constitution Memorial Day falls on Sunday, May 3. Falling on a Sunday, the official observance shifts to a weekday under most national rules. Pay date for any payroll run whose payday lands on this date moves to the preceding business day.
Where it lands in FY2026
For organisations on the Japan fiscal calendar, Constitution Memorial Day 2026 sits in fiscal month 2 (FM2), inside quarter Q1 of FY2026. From this date, you have approximately 332 days remaining until fiscal year-end on March 31, 2027. That distance matters because year-end close planning typically begins 60 to 90 days out — meaning if FYE is within that window, this holiday already sits inside the close-planning runway and any client-facing or vendor-facing deadlines that touch it should be pre-cleared rather than rescheduled later.
For the same holiday in adjacent fiscal years see: Constitution Memorial Day 2024 · Constitution Memorial Day 2025 · Constitution Memorial Day 2027 ·
Operational impact for finance teams
For finance and operations teams, Constitution Memorial Day 2026 reduces the working-day count for FM2 by one. If the holiday falls within two business days of a fiscal month-end, expect downstream impact on accrual timing (revenue cutoff, inventory counts, AP cutoffs) and on banking value dates. Wire transfers and ACH/Faster Payments typically settle the next business day; international wires may slip two days when both origin and destination observe the holiday. See our guide on mapping holidays to fiscal months for a worked example of folding observance dates into the close calendar.
If your business operates payroll on a biweekly cadence aligned to the OPM federal schedule, check the 2026 pay period schedule for the pay period containing this date — the payday for that period may shift to the preceding business day.
Other holidays in May 2026
- May 5 — Children's Day 2026
Cross-references
- Printable May template (FM2) — see this holiday highlighted in the calendar grid.
- Q1 quarterly template — context inside the three-month fiscal quarter.
- FY2026 overview for Japan — full year-at-a-glance.
- Main Constitution Memorial Day page — year-agnostic background.