Nengou
Nengou (年号) means era names. Below is a conversion chart for Japanese dates since the Meiji period.
It is currently the 30th year of Heisei (Heisei 30). *Year of the Dog*
| Meiji 1868.09.08th | Taisho 1912.07.12th | Showa 1926.12.25th | Heisei 1989.01.08th |
| Meiji 1 = 1868 | Taisho 1 = 1912 | Showa 1 = 1926 | Heisei 1 = 1989 |
| Meiji 2 = 1869 | Taisho 2 = 1913 | Showa 2 = 1927 | Heisei 2 = 1990 |
| Meiji 3 = 1870 | Taisho 3 = 1914 | Showa 3 = 1928 | Heisei 3 = 1991 |
| Meiji 4 = 1871 | Taisho 4 = 1915 | Showa 4 = 1929 | Heisei 4 = 1992 |
| Meiji 5 = 1872 | Taisho 5 = 1916 | Showa 5 = 1930 | Heisei 5 = 1993 |
| Meiji 6 = 1873 | Taisho 6 = 1917 | Showa 6 = 1931 | Heisei 6 = 1994 |
| Meiji 7 = 1874 | Taisho 7 = 1918 | Showa 7 = 1932 | Heisei 7 = 1995 |
| Meiji 8 = 1875 | Taisho 8 = 1919 | Showa 8 = 1933 | Heisei 8 = 1996 |
| Meiji 9 = 1876 | Taisho 9 = 1920 | Showa 9 = 1934 | Heisei 9 = 1997 |
| Meiji 10 = 1877 | Taisho 10 = 1921 | Showa 10 = 1935 | Heisei 10 = 1998 |
| Meiji 11 = 1878 | Taisho 11 = 1922 | Showa 11 = 1936 | Heisei 11 = 1999 |
| Meiji 12 = 1879 | Taisho 12 = 1923 | Showa 12 = 1937 | Heisei 12 = 2000 |
| Meiji 13 = 1880 | Taisho 13 = 1924 | Showa 13 = 1938 | Heisei 13 = 2001 |
| Meiji 14 = 1881 | Taisho 14 = 1925 | Showa 14 = 1939 | Heisei 14 = 2002 |
| Meiji 15 = 1882 | Taisho 15 = 1926 | Showa 15 = 1940 | Heisei 15 = 2003 |
| Meiji 16 = 1883 | Showa 16 = 1941 | Heisei 16 = 2004 | |
| Meiji 17 = 1884 | Showa 17 = 1942 | Heisei 17 = 2005 | |
| Meiji 18 = 1885 | Showa 18 = 1943 | Heisei 18 = 2006 | |
| Meiji 19 = 1886 | Showa 19 = 1944 | Heisei 19 = 2007 | |
| Meiji 20 = 1887 | Showa 20 = 1945 | Heisei 20 = 2008 | |
| Meiji 21 = 1888 | Showa 21 = 1946 | Heisei 21 = 2009 | |
| Meiji 22 = 1889 | Showa 22 = 1947 | Heisei 22 = 2010 | |
| Meiji 23 = 1890 | Showa 23 = 1948 | Heisei 23 = 2011 | |
| Meiji 24 = 1891 | Showa 24 = 1949 | Heisei 24 = 2012 | |
| Meiji 25 = 1892 | Showa 25 = 1950 | Heisei 25 = 2013 | |
| Meiji 26 = 1893 | Showa 26 = 1951 | Heisei 26 = 2014 | |
| Meiji 27 = 1894 | Showa 27 = 1952 | Heisei 27 = 2015 | |
| Meiji 28 = 1895 | Showa 28 = 1953 | Heisei 28 = 2016 | |
| Meiji 29 = 1896 | Showa 29 = 1954 | Heisei 29 = 2017 | |
| Meiji 30 = 1897 | Showa 30 = 1955 | Heisei 30 = 2018 | |
| Meiji 31 = 1898 | Showa 31 = 1956 | ||
| Meiji 32 = 1899 | Showa 32 = 1957 | ||
| Meiji 33 = 1900 | Showa 33 = 1958 | ||
| Meiji 34 = 1901 | Showa 34 = 1959 | ||
| Meiji 35 = 1902 | Showa 35 = 1960 | ||
| Meiji 36 = 1903 | Showa 36 = 1961 | ||
| Meiji 37 = 1904 | Showa 37 = 1962 | ||
| Meiji 38 = 1905 | Showa 38 = 1963 | ||
| Meiji 39 = 1906 | Showa 39 = 1964 | ||
| Meiji 40 = 1907 | Showa 40 = 1965 | ||
| Meiji 41 = 1908 | Showa 41 = 1966 | ||
| Meiji 42 = 1909 | Showa 42 = 1967 | ||
| Meiji 43 = 1910 | Showa 43 = 1968 | ||
| Meiji 44 = 1911 | Showa 44 = 1969 | ||
| Meiji 45 = 1912 | Showa 45 = 1970 | ||
| Showa 46 = 1971 | |||
| Showa 47 = 1972 | |||
| Showa 48 = 1973 | |||
| Showa 49 = 1974 | |||
| Showa 50 = 1975 | |||
| Showa 51 = 1976 | |||
| Showa 52 = 1977 | |||
| Showa 53 = 1978 | |||
| Showa 54 = 1979 | |||
| Showa 55 = 1980 | |||
| Showa 56 = 1981 | |||
| Showa 57 = 1982 | |||
| Showa 58 = 1983 | |||
| Showa 59 = 1984 | |||
| Showa 60 = 1985 | |||
| Showa 61 = 1986 | |||
| Showa 62 = 1987 | |||
| Showa 63 = 1988 | |||
| Showa 64 = 1989 |
Japan: The Meiji Period (September 1868 to July 1912) 
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