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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.
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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]
Events in the year 2019 in Japan.. In the history of Japan, it marks the final year of Heisei period, Heisei 31 (平成31年 Heisei sanjūichinen), after the abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, and the beginning of the Reiwa period, Reiwa 1 (令和元年 Reiwa gannen, gannen means "first year"), from May 1 under the reign of his eldest son, current Japanese emperor Naruhito.
Naruhito [a] (born 23 February 1960) is Emperor of Japan.He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne following his father's abdication on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era. [1] He is the 126th monarch according to Japan's traditional order of succession.
Cholera epidemic and extreme impoverishment in now Shiga Prefecture have resulted in the Shocho uprising. 1438: Flare-up of Eikyō disturbance in the Kantō region after 22 years of confrontation between local lords and shogunate 1443: The Treaty of Gyehae was signed, resulting in Wokou pirates becoming increasingly non-Japanese. 1454