Japan is just days away from learning the name of its next Imperial era. When Emperor Akihito abdicates at the end of April it will bring an end to the current Heisei era. A day later ...

Japan's Heisei era will end in less than a month when the new Emperor takes the throne, beginning a new era called Reiwa. Japanese society has changed in many ways during the 30-year Heisei period.

In the modern era Japan showed itself capable of recovering from natural disaster and the destruction of war to achieve economic greatness. On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake, tsunami ...