Japan on Monday declared that Reiwa would be name of the new imperial era to beg...
TOKYO - Japan on Monday declared that Reiwa would be name of the new imperial era to begin on May 1, when Crown Prince Naruhito ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne.
He will succeed his father, Emperor Akihito, who is abdicating on April 30, ending the 31-year Heisei era. Scholars and bureaucrats draw up a list of candidates and cabinet makes the final decision. The emperor does not choose the “gengo”.Traditionally, characters were selected from ancient Chinese texts, but this time they were taken from a collection of Japanese classical poetry called Manyoshu.
A recent Mainichi newspaper poll showed 34 percent of people used mainly gengo in daily life; another 34 percent used both gengo and the Western calendar, while a quarter used mostly the Western system.
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