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Reiwa (Japanese: 令和, pronounced ⓘ or [1] [2]) is the current and 232nd era of the official calendar of Japan. It began on 1 May 2019, the day on which Emperor Akihito 's eldest son, Naruhito , ascended the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan .
At 62 years and 2 weeks, Shōwa is the longest era to date. The Reiwa (令和) [5] era began on 1 May 2019, the day of accession of Naruhito to the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan, [6] following the day of the planned and voluntary abdication [7] of his father, the 125th Emperor, Akihito.
The 1898 law determining the placement of leap years [18] is officially based on the kōki years, using a formula that is effectively equivalent to that of the Gregorian calendar: if the kōki year number is evenly divisible by four, it is a leap year, unless the number minus 660 is evenly divisible by 100 and not by 400.
This category collects articles on Japan in the Reiwa period (1 May 2019–present). Preceded by: Category:Heisei period 1989–2019 Category:Reiwa period
When using the imperial calendar, the year is prefixed with the era. For example, the above date using the imperial calendar is written as: 令和5年12月31日 (日); a more direct translation might be: Reiwa year 5, Dec 31 (Sun). The first year of the emperor's reign is written as 元年 gannen, not 1年 ichi nen. [2]
5.5 Reiwa period (2019–present) 6 Social conditions. 7 See also. 8 Citations. ... The first twenty years were characterized by the rise of extreme nationalism and a ...
A regnal year is a year of the reign of a sovereign, ... Therefore, 1 May 2019 is considered the beginning of the Reiwa 1. The former emperor, Akihito, ...
Within 5 years, Japan signs similar treaties with other western countries, thus ending an isolation period of more than 200 years known as sakoku (鎖国), whereby the Dutch and Chinese ships had limited trade exclusivity. 23 December: The Ansei great earthquakes series starts with the 1854 Tōkai earthquake and tsunami. 1855: 7 February