Reiwa period facts for kids

History of Japan

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Reiwa period (令和時代, Reiwa jidai) is a Japanese era (年号,, 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.

Images for kids

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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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  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