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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe to foreigners but they love using the era for the year which doesn't really help anyone.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Each emperor (Japan) and Big Change (China), is given a name. You can look up the current japanese era. From a friend, the chinese (and others like Singapore, Macau, Taiwan) are also living in an era with its corresponding year.