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Fire up the printers: Scramble as new Japan era name unveiled

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Fire up the printers: Scramble as new Japan era name unveiledAt the Tokyo offices of a major calendar maker, executives and employees clustered around a television broke into applause as the country’s next imperial era name was announced: Reiwa. While the Gregorian calendar is in common use in Japan, the country’s imperial era system is also widely used and the announcement has been closely watched.