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Japan’s new Imperial era named ‘Reiwa'

5 mins | Apr 8, 2019

With the abdication by Japan’s Emperor Akihito, Robin Harding writes in the Financial Times in April 2019 about the start of the new imperial era in Japan and the name chosen for it - Reiwa.

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