How to read it

2031 minus 2019, the year Reiwa began, plus one, gives 13: 令和13年. The shortcut Japanese people use: add 18 to a Reiwa year and you have the last two digits of the Western year — 13 + 18 = 31. On paper it is R13: 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.

2031 in the Chinese zodiac

2031 is the year of the Metal Boar (辛亥). The zodiac year began on 23 January 2031.

Other years

• 2026令和8年
• 2027令和9年
• 2028令和10年
• 2029令和11年
• 2030令和12年
• 2032令和14年
• 2033令和15年
• 2034令和16年
• 2035令和17年
• 2036令和18年

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