Sistema de contagem dos anos no Japão, baseado no período de cada um dos Imperadores.

IMPERADOR MATSUHITO ERA MEIJI (08/09/1868)		IMPERADOR YOSHIHITO ERA TAISHO (12/07/1912)
IMPERADOR HIROHITO ERA SHOWA (25/12/1926)		IMPERADOR AKIHITO ERA HEISEI (08/01/1989)
1868 – 01 1869 – 02	1870 – 03 1871 – 04 1872 – 05 1873 – 06 1874 – 07 1875 – 08 1876 – 09 1877 – 10 1878 – 11 1879 – 12	1880 – 13 1881 – 14 1882 – 15 1883 – 16 1884 – 17 1885 – 18 1886 – 19 1887 – 20 1888 – 21 1889 – 22	1890 – 23 1891 – 24 1892 – 25 1893 – 26 1894 – 27 1895 – 28 1896 – 29 1897 – 30 1898 – 31 1899 – 32
1900 – 33 1901 – 34 1902 – 35 1903 – 36 1904 – 37 1905 – 38 1906 – 39 1907 – 40 1908 – 41 1909 – 42	1910 – 43 1911 – 44 1912 – 01 1913 – 02 1914 – 03 1915 – 04 1916 – 05 1917 – 06 1918 – 07 1919 – 08	1920 – 09 1921 – 10 1922 – 11 1923 – 12 1924 – 13 1925 – 14 1926 – 15 1927 – 01 1928 – 02 1929 – 03	1930 – 04 1931 – 05 1932 – 06 1933 – 07 1934 – 08 1935 – 09 1936 – 10 1937 – 11 1938 – 12 1939 – 13
1940 – 14 1941 – 15 1942 – 16 1943 – 17 1944 – 18 1945 – 19 1946 – 20 1947 – 21 1948 – 22 1949 – 23	1950 – 24 1951 – 25 1952 – 26 1953 – 27 1954 – 28 1955 – 29 1956 – 30 1957 – 31 1958 – 32 1959 – 33	1960 – 34 1961 – 35 1962 – 36 1963 – 37 1964 – 38 1965 – 39 1966 – 40 1967 – 41 1968 – 42 1969 – 43	1970 – 44 1971 – 45 1972 – 46 1973 – 47 1974 – 48 1975 – 49 1976 – 50 1977 – 51 1978 – 52 1979 – 53
1980 – 54 1981 – 55 1982 – 56 1983 – 57 1984 – 58 1985 – 59 1986 – 60 1987 – 61 1988 – 62 1989 – 01	1990 – 02 1991 – 03 1992 – 04 1993 – 05 1994 – 06 1995 – 07 1996 – 08 1997 – 09 1998 – 10 1999 – 11	2000 – 12 2001 – 13 2002 – 14 2003 – 15 2004 – 16 2005 – 17