Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
Keizō Obuchi, Chief Cabinet Secretary, announces the name of the new era "Heisei" (平成), on 7 January 1989. Yoshihide Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary, announces the name of the new era "Reiwa" (令和) at the Prime Minister's Official Residence, on 1 April 2019. 1729 Japanese calendar, which used the Jōkyō calendar procedure, published by Ise Grand Shrine
The present era, Reiwa, formally began on 1 May 2019. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The name of the new era was announced by the Japanese government on 1 April 2019, a month prior to Naruhito 's accession to the throne.
The name Jōmon, meaning "cord-marked", was first applied by American scholar Edward S. Morse, ... Reiwa period (2019–present) Emperor Naruhito's reign ...
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.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Japanese era name was changed into Reiwa (令和, "good harmony"). As safety measures against the storm and downpour caused by Typhoon Faxai and Typhoon Hagibis in Kantō region, the government issued ("issuing order" is "hatsurei (発令)" in Japanese) evacuation orders.
The latter two sources are currently not mentioned or used on the Japanese page whatsoever, but they have essentially "Word of God" information on what kind of meaning "Reiwa" was intended to have because Nakanishi Susumu talks about it himself--in short, it is "beautiful harmony" (麗しき和 -- directly mentioned!).