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Accession to throne, date
Naruhito will become Emperor of Japan, on April 30, 2019. His Era will begin on May 1, 2019. This is the case for all Japanese monarchs, as their era begins on the first -full day- of their reign. GoodDay (talk) 18:33, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
While the meaning of "one-off law" is obvious to me as an American English speaker, is it the most encylcopedic/legal description of a law that is "just for this one time" or can we think of a better phrase?KevinCuddeback (talk) 16:03, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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When exactly does Akihito abdicate & Naruhito ascend the throne? Sources seem to be giving different dates - abdication on April 30, 2019 & accession on May 1, 2019. Seeing as accession is automatic, does that mean abdication will occur at midnight? When does the new Era begin? Are the Accession & starting Era dates the same? GoodDay (talk) 20:19, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
All along the accession date has been announced as May 1, 2019, see e.g. this translated Asahi Shimbun story: [1]. Abdication date is April 30, 2019, and has been set for a while, see e.g. [2]. So, in simple terms, April 30 is the current emperor's last day at work, then everybody goes to bed and when they wake up, there's a new emperor. The new era technically begins on May 1, but expect a lot of systems to keep using Heisei for a while until they're updated. Bakazaka (talk) 20:41, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
So that means the emperor's abdication takes effect at midnight. I'm curious about the Era date, as Akihito's reign began on January 7, 1989 but his era began January 8, 1989. It just would help, if sources gave an exact time for these events clock-wise. GoodDay (talk) 21:11, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
My sense is that no one thinks it is important enough to mention, possibly because there are few practical situations that urgently require determining who the emperor is at, say, 11:47pm on the day of abdication, not least because abdication is so rare. Akihito's reign began the instant his father died. The new era could not begin the same day because Showa had still been alive that day, so the start date of the new era was the next day. Bakazaka (talk) 21:27, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
