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Although most people in Japan use, or at least are familiar with, the Western calendar (seireki), the traditional calendar is used for official documents. A conversion chart is provided below. The
traditional Japanese calendar is based on the reign period of the
emperor. Each time a different emperor begins to rule, a new
counting of the years begins and the period acquires a new name.
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Western Calendar |
Japanese Calendar |
| 2010 | Heisei 22 |
| 2009 | Heisei 21 |
| 2008 | Heisei 20 |
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2007 |
Heisei 19 |
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2006 |
Heisei 18 |
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2005 |
Heisei 17 |
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2004 |
Heisei 16 |
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2003 |
Heisei 15 |
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2002 |
Heisei 14 |
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2001 |
Heisei 13 |
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2000 |
Heisei 12 |
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1999 |
Heisei 11 |
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1998 |
Heisei 10 |
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1997 |
Heisei 9 |
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1996 |
Heisei 8 |
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1995 |
Heisei 7 |
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1994 |
Heisei 6 |
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1993 |
Heisei 5 |
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1992 |
Heisei 4 |
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1991 |
Heisei 3 |
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1990 |
Heisei 2 |
|
1989 |
Showa 64 / Heisei 1 |
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1988 |
Showa 63 |
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1987 |
Showa 62 |
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1986 |
Showa 61 |
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1985 |
Showa 60 |
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1984 |
Showa 59 |
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1983 |
Showa 58 |
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1982 |
Showa 57 |
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1981 |
Showa 56 |
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1980 |
Showa 55 |
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1979 |
Showa 54 |
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1978 |
Showa 53 |
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1977 |
Showa 52 |
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1976 |
Showa 51 |
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1975 |
Showa 50 |
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1974 |
Showa 49 |
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1973 |
Showa 48 |
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1972 |
Showa 47 |
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1971 |
Showa 46 |
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1970 |
Showa 45 |
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1969 |
Showa 44 |
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1968 |
Showa 43 |
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1967 |
Showa 42 |
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1966 |
Showa 41 |
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1965 |
Showa 40 |
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1964 |
Showa 39 |
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1963 |
Showa 38 |
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1962 |
Showa 37 |
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1961 |
Showa 36 |
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1960 |
Showa 35 |
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1959 |
Showa 34 |
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1958 |
Showa 33 |
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1957 |
Showa 32 |
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1956 |
Showa 31 |
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1955 |
Showa 30 |
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1954 |
Showa 29 |
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1953 |
Showa 28 |
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1952 |
Showa 27 |
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1951 |
Showa 26 |
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1950 |
Showa 25 |
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1949 |
Showa 24 |
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1948 |
Showa 23 |
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1947 |
Showa 22 |
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1946 |
Showa 21 |
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1945 |
Showa 20 |
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1944 |
Showa 19 |
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1943 |
Showa 18 |
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1942 |
Showa 17 |
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1941 |
Showa 16 |
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1940 |
Showa 15 |
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1939 |
Showa 14 |
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1938 |
Showa 13 |
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1937 |
Showa 12 |
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1936 |
Showa 11 |
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1935 |
Showa 10 |
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1934 |
Showa 9 |
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1933 |
Showa 8 |
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1932 |
Showa 7 |
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1931 |
Showa 6 |
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1930 |
Showa 5 |
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1929 |
Showa 4 |
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1928 |
Showa 3 |
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1927 |
Showa 2 |
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1926 |
Taisho 15 / Showa 1 |
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1925 |
Taisho 14 |
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1924 |
Taisho 13 |
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1923 |
Taisho 12 |
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1922 |
Taisho 11 |
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1921 |
Taisho 10 |
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1920 |
Taisho 9 |
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1919 |
Taisho 8 |
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1918 |
Taisho 7 |
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1917 |
Taisho 6 |
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1916 |
Taisho 5 |
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1915 |
Taisho 4 |
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1914 |
Taisho 3 |
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1913 |
Taisho 2 |
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1912 |
Taisho 1 |
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