How to read it

2028 minus 2019, the year Reiwa began, plus one, gives 10: 令和10年. The shortcut Japanese people use: add 18 to a Reiwa year and you have the last two digits of the Western year — 10 + 18 = 28. On paper it is R10: 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. This is a projection. An era lasts as long as the emperor reigns, so a year after 2026 carries its Reiwa number only provisionally; a new era would restart the count at gannen from the day it began.

2028 in the Chinese zodiac

2028 is the year of the Earth Monkey (戊申). The zodiac year began on 26 January 2028.

Other years

• 2023令和5年
• 2024令和6年
• 2025令和7年
• 2026令和8年
• 2027令和9年
• 2029令和11年
• 2030令和12年
• 2031令和13年
• 2032令和14年
• 2033令和15年

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