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How many working days in year 2026?

Here is the detail of the calculation:

Because 2026 is not a leap year, it has 365 days.

Let's remove 52 saturdays and 52 sundays. It remains 261 days.

Now, let's remove 15 public holidays that do not fall during a weekend and we obtain 246 working days in 2026.

Here is the list of these 15 public holidays:

1. New Year's Day : Thursday, 1 January, 2026
2. Coming of Age Day : Monday, 12 January, 2026
3. Foundation Day : Wednesday, 11 February, 2026
4. Emperor's Birthday : Monday, 23 February, 2026
5. Vernal Equinox Day : Friday, 20 March, 2026
6. Shōwa Day : Wednesday, 29 April, 2026
7. Greenery Day : Monday, 4 May, 2026
8. Children's Day : Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
9. Marine Day : Monday, 20 July, 2026
10. Mountain Day : Tuesday, 11 August, 2026
11. Respect-for-Aged Day : Monday, 21 September, 2026
12. Autumnal Equinox Day : Wednesday, 23 September, 2026
13. Health and Sports Day : Monday, 12 October, 2026
14. Culture Day : Tuesday, 3 November, 2026
15. Labor Thanksgiving Day : Monday, 23 November, 2026

And here is the public holiday falling on a weekend:

1. Constitution Memorial Day : Sunday, 3 May, 2026