Learn and Practice some Japanese Kanji Letters
You can test how much you can guess or know Kanjis.
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Japanese Years

In Japan the years are counted according to the rein of the Emperors. Current Emperor is Heisei, before him Showa and Taisho.

E.g. Heisei 18 means year 2006, Showa 60 means 1985 and Taisho 9 means year 1920. Sometimes shorten e.g. H18, S60 and T9.