04MAY2018 - Holiday Today - Japan, Latvia

Japan - Greenery Day
Greenery Day is a public holiday in Japan that occurs during the Golden Week. It is celebrated each year on May 4. From 1989 to 2006, it was observed on April 29.
The history of Greenery Day begins in 1926, when Emperor Hirohito (Shōwa) ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne. During the Shōwa era, the Emperors' birthday, April 29, was celebrated as a national holiday. Following Hirohito's death in 1989, his son Akihito ascended the throne. Emperor Shōwa's birthday remained a public holiday, but was renamed to Greenery Day.

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Latvia - Restoration of Independence Day
Restoration of Independence Day is a Latvian public holiday observed annually on May 4. It commemorates the declaration “On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia” adopted in 1990, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Latvia proclaimed its independence in 1918. The independence of the Republic of Latvia received international recognition two years later. In 1940, the Soviet Union invaded and annexed Latvia because it was in the Soviet sphere of influence according to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The Republic of Latvia lost its sovereignty and was renamed to the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.

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