Re: The Japanese Emporer and Oracle..

From: Paul Brewer <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 22:20:15 -0000
Message-ID: <3df6f0fb_2@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>

"Jan Gelbrich" <j_gelbrich_at_westfalen-blatt.de> wrote in message news:at47c1$10a4if$1_at_ID-152732.news.dfncis.de...
> > The idea of a patch for the end-of-era thing just seemed kind of
> > morbid the more I thought about it..
> >
>
> Well, it makes things difficult, of course, but I fear that there will be
no
> other way.
> Before time, nobody - including the Royal Family - will not know the new
> name of
> coming eras. If I remember correctly, it took some time for the Japanese
to
> give the after-Showa-era
> the name "Heisei".
>
> At least, Akihito is relatively young and may live as long as his father
:)
>
> ki wo tsukete kudasai !
>
> Jan=)
>
>

Ah. So?

Regards,
Paul Received on Tue Dec 10 2002 - 16:20:15 CST