
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Dec 16, 2017
Showa's not giving up without a fight
by Mark Schreiber
The government has decided that the 31st year of Heisei will end with the abdication of Emperor Akihito 120 days into 2019, on April 30. Then on May 1, Crown Prince Naruhito will become emperor and a new nengō (name of the period of ...