Japan Facing a Period of “Blissful Harmony”

... in the Second World War: and ruler slogans are used in official documents to this day. For example, the year 2019 is the 31st Heisei year and will soon be the first year of the “Reiwa”. On April 1, 2019, the Japanese government published the slogan ... ... collection of Japanese (Japanese, not Chinese) poetry. A few hours after the publication of the new slogan Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a statement full of “plum” allusions in which he dwelled on the “fragrance” of national culture and the ...