Reiwa era

Reiwa
令和
Reiwa 令和
May 1, 2019 – present
	Emperor Naruhito of the Reiwa era (2019)
Location	Japan
Including	Major events 2019 G20 Osaka summit ; COVID-19 pandemic ; 2020 Summer Olympics ; Assassination of Shinzo Abe and anti-government protests ; Attempted assassination of Fumio Kishida ; 2023 G7 Hiroshima summit ; 2024 Noto earthquake ; 2024 Japanese slush fund scandal ;
Monarch(s)	Naruhito
Prime Minister(s)	Shinzo Abe, Yoshihide Suga, Fumio Kishida, and Shigeru Ishiba
Key events	COVID-19 pandemic; Assassination of Shinzo Abe and anti-government protests; Attempted assassination of Fumio Kishida; 2024 Noto earthquake; 2024 Japanese slush fund scandal;
Heisei

Reiwa (Japanese: 令和, pronounced [ɾeːwa] ^ⓘ or [ɾeꜜːwa]^[1]^[2]) is the current and 232nd era of the official calendar of Japan. It began on 1 May 2019, the day on which Emperor Akihito's eldest son, Naruhito, ascended the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan. The day before, Emperor Akihito abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne, marking the end of the Heisei era. The year 2019 corresponds with Heisei 31 from 1 January to 30 April, and with Reiwa 1 (令和元年, Reiwa gannen, 'the base year of Reiwa') from 1 May.^[3] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan explained the meaning of Reiwa to be "beautiful harmony".^[4]

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