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- Holidays of Japan - The of 1948 (as amended) establishes the occasions on which Japan has a legal holiday. This article lists those dates together with other occasions for celebration.
- May Day - May Day is May 1, and refers to any of several holidays celebrated on this day. These holidays include several pagan celebrations, celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic tradition, and International Workers' Day, which is a public holiday in some countries.
- V Day - V Day is a specific calendar day in celebration of victory, it may refer to different holidays in different nations:
- Midsummer - ... centered upon the summer solstice and the diverse celebrations of it around the Northern Hemisphere, but more often refers to European celebrations that accompany the summer solstice, or to Western festivals that take place in June and are usually related to Saint John the Baptist. European midsummer-related holidays, traditions and celebrations, many of which are pre-Christian in origin (although they are also called Saint John's Day festivals), are particularly important in Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Estonia, but found also in Ireland, parts of Britain (Cornwall especially), France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, in other parts of Europe and elsewhere, such as Canada, the United States, and even in the Southern Hemisphere (Brazil), where this European-born celebration would be more appropriately called Midwinter).