Reiwa era

History of Japan
Periods Paleolithic before 14,000 BC Jōmon 14,000 – 300 BC Yayoi 300 BC – 300 AD Kofun 300–538 Asuka 538–710 Nara 710–794 Heian 794–1185 Kamakura 1185–1333 Kenmu Restoration 1333–1336 Muromachi (Ashikaga) Nanboku-chō Sengoku 1336–1573 Azuchi–Momoyama Nanban trade 1573–1603 Edo (Tokugawa) Sakoku Convention of Kanagawa Bakumatsu 1603–1868 Meiji Boshin War Restoration First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War 1868–1912 Taishō World War I 1912–1926 Shōwa Financial crisis Militarism World War II Occupation Economic miracle Post-occupation Bubble economy 1926–1989 Heisei Lost Decade Great Hanshin earthquake Great East Japan earthquake Imperial transition 1989–2019 (planned) Reiwa 2019 (planned)
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Reiwa period (令和時代code: ja is deprecated , Reiwa jidai) is a Japanese era (年号,code: ja is deprecated , nengō,, lit. "year name") after Heisei. It is the current Japanese era. It is also called the Reiwa era. This era started on 1 May 2019. This is the day Japanese' Emperor Akihito's elder son, Naruhito, became Emperor of Japan. Naruhito is Japan's 126th Emperor.

Politics

• 2019 (Reiwa 1) Shinzo Abe is the prime minister
• 2020 (Reiwa 2) Abe is the prime minister until his resignation. Yoshihide Suga replaces him.
• 2021 (Reiwa 3) Suga is the prime minister until his resignation. Fumio Kishida replaces him.
• 2022 (Reiwa 4) Kishida is the prime minister.
• 2023 (Reiwa 5) Kishida is the prime minister.
• 2024 (Reiwa 6) Kishida is the prime minister until his resignation. Shigeru Ishiba replaces him.
• 2025 (Reiwa 7) Ishiba is the prime minister until his resignation. Sanae Takaichi replaces him.

Reiwa Era Media

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  Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (later to become Prime Minister) announcing to Japan and the world the name of the new Imperial era at a press conference

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  Japanese office workers watching the announcement on a live television broadcast

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  A crowd watching the televised announcement on a giant screen next to Shinjuku Station

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  Plum blossoms in Minabe, Wakayama

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  Extract of Volume 5 of the Man'yōshū from which the kanji characters for "Reiwa" are derived