Kenkoku Kinen no Hi

E210340

Japanese holiday national holiday public holiday

Kenkoku Kinen no Hi is Japan’s modern National Foundation Day, a public holiday celebrating the legendary founding of the nation and the ascension of its first emperor.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kenkoku Kinen no Hi canonical	1
National Foundation Day of Japan	1
建国記念の日	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1880266 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kenkoku Kinen no Hi
Context triple: [Kigensetsu, successorHoliday, Kenkoku Kinen no Hi]

A. Showa Day
Showa Day is a Japanese national holiday on April 29 that honors the reign and legacy of Emperor Showa (Hirohito) and encourages reflection on Japan’s history during his era.
B. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day is an annual observance in Japan dedicated to remembering the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and promoting peace and nuclear disarmament.
C. Nagasaki Peace Memorial Day
Nagasaki Peace Memorial Day is an annual observance in Japan honoring the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki and promoting peace and nuclear disarmament.
D. Bunka no Hi
Bunka no Hi is a Japanese national holiday celebrated on November 3rd that promotes culture, the arts, and academic achievement through festivals, exhibitions, and award ceremonies.
E. Constitution Memorial Day
Constitution Memorial Day is a Japanese national holiday observed on May 3 to commemorate the promulgation of Japan’s postwar constitution and reflect on democracy and government.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kenkoku Kinen no Hi
Target entity description: Kenkoku Kinen no Hi is Japan’s modern National Foundation Day, a public holiday celebrating the legendary founding of the nation and the ascension of its first emperor.

A. Showa Day
Showa Day is a Japanese national holiday on April 29 that honors the reign and legacy of Emperor Showa (Hirohito) and encourages reflection on Japan’s history during his era.
B. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day is an annual observance in Japan dedicated to remembering the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and promoting peace and nuclear disarmament.
C. Nagasaki Peace Memorial Day
Nagasaki Peace Memorial Day is an annual observance in Japan honoring the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki and promoting peace and nuclear disarmament.
D. Bunka no Hi
Bunka no Hi is a Japanese national holiday celebrated on November 3rd that promotes culture, the arts, and academic achievement through festivals, exhibitions, and award ceremonies.
E. Constitution Memorial Day
Constitution Memorial Day is a Japanese national holiday observed on May 3 to commemorate the promulgation of Japan’s postwar constitution and reflect on democracy and government.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese holiday ⓘ national holiday ⓘ public holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Foundation Day of Japan ⓘ linked to: Kenkoku Kinen no Hi
associatedWith	Emperor Jimmu ⓘ mythological founding of the Japanese state ⓘ
belongsToCategory	February observances ⓘ Holidays in Japan ⓘ National days ⓘ
calendarSystem	Gregorian calendar ⓘ linked to: Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
celebrates	accession of Emperor Jimmu ⓘ linked to: Emperor Jimmu founding of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
custom	attending ceremonies ⓘ displaying the national flag ⓘ participating in patriotic events ⓘ
day	11 ⓘ
eraOfEstablishment	postwar Japan ⓘ
formerName	Kigensetsu ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasControversy	links to prewar State Shinto and nationalism ⓘ
introducedBy	Government of Japan ⓘ
isPartOf	Japanese national holidays system ⓘ
languageOfName	Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis	Act on National Holidays of Japan ⓘ linked to: Act on National Holidays and related cabinet orders
month	February ⓘ
observedBy	Government of Japan ⓘ Japanese people ⓘ
observedOn	February 11 ⓘ
officialName	National Foundation Day ⓘ けんこくきねんのひ ⓘ 建国記念の日 ⓘ linked to: National Foundation Day
predecessorAbolishedIn	1948 ⓘ
reestablishedCommemorationOf	Emperor Jimmu’s accession date ⓘ
relatedTo	Japanese mythology ⓘ Japanese nationalism ⓘ Shinto ⓘ
replaced	Kigensetsu ⓘ
startYear	1967 ⓘ
status	public holiday in Japan ⓘ
symbol	Japanese national flag ⓘ
theme	love of country ⓘ reflection on the founding of the nation ⓘ
typeOfCelebration	patriotic holiday ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kigensetsu → successorHoliday → Kenkoku Kinen no Hi ⓘ

Kenkoku Kinen no Hi → alsoKnownAs → National Foundation Day of Japan ⓘ

linked to: Kenkoku Kinen no Hi

けんこくきねんのひ → 別名 → 建国記念の日 ⓘ