How to read it

1967 minus 1926, the year Shōwa began, plus one, gives 42: 昭和42年. The shortcut Japanese people use: add 25 to a Shōwa year and you have the last two digits of the Western year — 42 + 25 = 67. On paper it is S42: forms print the era options — 明・大・昭・平・令, or the letters M T S H R — beside the date box, and you circle one and write the number. Someone born in 1967 turns 59 in 2026. In kazoedoshi 数え年 — the traditional count that starts at one at birth and adds a year every New Year — they are 60.

1967 in the Chinese zodiac

1967 is the year of the Fire Goat (丁未). The zodiac year began on 9 February 1967.

Other years

• 1962昭和37年
• 1963昭和38年
• 1964昭和39年
• 1965昭和40年
• 1966昭和41年
• 1968昭和43年
• 1969昭和44年
• 1970昭和45年
• 1971昭和46年
• 1972昭和47年

Every year of the Shōwa era → · How the Japanese calendar works, and every year 1868–2050