Japanist Vasily Golovnin about the meaning of the name of the upcoming era Ray
In Japan, on April 1, the most important symbolic event took place, which was impatiently awaited - the General Secretary of the Government Yoshihide Suga in direct television declared the name of a new era, which, according to the existing tradition, will begin with the reign of the new emperor Naruhito. This will happen in a month, April 30, when his father, the 85-year-old Emperor Akihito, will renounce the throne.