How to read it

2030 minus 2019, the year Reiwa began, plus one, gives 12: 令和12年. The shortcut Japanese people use: add 18 to a Reiwa year and you have the last two digits of the Western year — 12 + 18 = 30. On paper it is R12: 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.

2030 in the Chinese zodiac

2030 is the year of the Metal Dog (庚戌). The zodiac year began on 3 February 2030.

Other years

• 2025令和7年
• 2026令和8年
• 2027令和9年
• 2028令和10年
• 2029令和11年
• 2031令和13年
• 2032令和14年
• 2033令和15年
• 2034令和16年
• 2035令和17年

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