Japanese Eras
The Statute Written for a Single Emperor
Japanese law had no route for an emperor to step down, so the Diet passed a statute covering one man only. The first abdication since 1817 needed it.
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Heisei era
Japanese Eras
1 April 2019, and the Board Held Up
Suga held the card up before midday, thirty years after Obuchi did the same for Heisei. What happened in the room, and why the name stayed sealed.