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You should read up on the mini-boom in the Japanese paper industry when Hirohito died. Now let's just hope Australia follows suit...by eliminating the crown en
by gumby 3y ago
You should read up on the mini-boom in the Japanese paper industry when Hirohito died.
Now let's just hope Australia follows suit...by eliminating the crown entirely from government.
- resolutebat 3y agoContext: Japanese dates count years from the accession of the current emperor (Reiwa 1 = 2019, Reiwa 2 = 2020, etc), so when the emperor changes, you need to renumber basically everything. Bonus: you also get confused foreigners who think "6/12/20" is 6 Dec 2020 or even 12 June 2020, instead of 20 Dec 2024 (Reiwa 6). Fortunately the Japanese themselves are ISO-compliant and always use YYMMDD.
- orangepanda 3y agoWhen/if an emperor reigns for over 100 years, would they shorten the format as-per-iso shorthand rules? That is, would the year Reiwa 106 also be written as 6/12/20 ?