Is the Stock Market Open on Culture Day 2026? TSE/JPX Hours

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (JPX) is closed on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 for Culture Day, a Japanese public holiday. No cash equity trading, derivatives trading or clearing will take place on the exchange that day. Any orders entered through a broker’s system for that session will simply queue and be released for execution when the market reopens on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, assuming that is not also a holiday in the reader’s home market. For the full run of dates, see the TSE/JPX Holidays calendar.

Because this is a full-day closure rather than an early close, there is no shortened trading session to plan around. Settlement of any trades executed on the prior trading day, Monday, November 2, 2026, will proceed on the normal cycle, but the holiday itself is simply skipped when counting settlement days, which can push cash and share delivery back by one business day for trades that straddle the closure.

Which markets are closed on Culture Day 2026?

Is the market open the day before and after?

The last trading session before the holiday is Monday, November 2, 2026, running the normal hours of 9:00 am to 11:30 am and 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm JST. Tokyo has no early close attached to Culture Day: the exchange is either fully open or fully closed, with no shortened session either side of the holiday. Trading resumes as normal on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, on the standard schedule, unless that date is separately declared a holiday, which it is not in 2026. Investors placing limit or market orders on November 3 through an online broker should expect those orders to sit unfilled until the next live session opens.

Why do markets close for Culture Day?

Culture Day, known in Japan as Bunka no Hi, has been a national public holiday since 1948. It was established to promote freedom, peace and cultural activity, and its date, November 3, was chosen because it originally marked the anniversary of the promulgation of Japan’s post-war constitution in 1946. The day is used across the country for cultural events, award ceremonies for achievements in the arts and sciences, and museum openings, and government offices, schools and financial markets close alongside the exchange.

Because JPX follows the Japanese national holiday calendar in full, any date designated a public holiday by the government automatically becomes a non-trading day for the exchange, without a separate decision by market operators. This is a different model from some Western exchanges, which sometimes trade on public holidays or apply their own separate holiday list.

What It Means for Your Money

For most retail investors outside Japan, a single TSE closure has a limited direct effect. If you hold a fund or exchange traded fund that tracks the Nikkei 225 or TOPIX, its underlying basket simply does not reprice on November 3, so the fund’s net asset value calculation for that day will reference the last available Tokyo closing prices rather than fresh trades. Anyone with an order resting on a Japanese broker platform, including buy or sell instructions tied to Japanese shares held directly, will see that order carried over to the next open session rather than cancelled.

Dividend payments and corporate actions scheduled for Culture Day are typically processed on the next business day, so shareholders should not expect a payment to be missed, only delayed by one day. Options and futures expiring around this date follow JPX’s published calendar adjustments, which push expiry to the nearest trading day where needed. For currency markets, the yen continues to trade in other time zones even while Tokyo cash equities are shut, since foreign exchange is a 24-hour market spread across global centres, so movements in USD/JPY or EUR/JPY on November 3 will still reflect real trading activity elsewhere. Cryptocurrency markets are unaffected entirely, as they trade continuously regardless of any exchange holiday. Bank transfers within Japan may also be affected, since many Japanese banks treat national holidays as non-business days for interbank settlement.

Remaining TSE/JPX holidays in 2026

• Labor Thanksgiving Day, Monday, November 23, 2026, closed
• New Year’s Eve (Market Holiday), Thursday, December 31, 2026, closed

The next scheduled closure after Culture Day is Labor Thanksgiving Day on November 23, 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the stock market open on Culture Day 2026?

No, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Exchange are both fully closed on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 for Culture Day.

Is the Japanese bond market open on Culture Day?

No, Japanese government bond trading follows the same national holiday schedule as the equity market, so bond trading is also closed on November 3, 2026.

What time does the Tokyo Stock Exchange close on the day before Culture Day?

Monday, November 2, 2026 is a normal trading day, with the exchange running its usual sessions from 9:00 am to 11:30 am and 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm JST, followed by the full closure the next day.

When is the next TSE/JPX market holiday after Culture Day?

The next closure is Labor Thanksgiving Day on Monday, November 23, 2026.

Are Japanese banks open on Culture Day?

No, Culture Day is a national public holiday in Japan, so banks and most government offices are also closed alongside the stock exchange.