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== Preparations for the imperial transition (2017–2019) ==
[[File:Yoshihide Suga announcing new imperial era Reiwa 2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Chief Cabinet Secretary]] [[Yoshihide Suga]] announces the new Imperial era "Reiwa" to the press]]
The committee met for the first time in January 2018, and the following month announced that a plan called a "basic policy statement," would be released on 3 April.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/04/e64cce3b9a66-govt-approves-plan-for-imperial-succession-rites-next-year.html|title=Basic plan for Japan's imperial succession rites in 2019 approved by gov't|first=KYODO|last=NEWS|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405090635/https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/04/e64cce3b9a66-govt-approves-plan-for-imperial-succession-rites-next-year.html|archive-date=5 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Official farewell celebrations began with a 30th Jubilee ceremony on 12 February 2019, a delay which would avoid any implication of a celebration of the death of the Emperor Shōwa on 7 January.<ref name="japantimes.co.jp">{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/15/national/government-pencils-february-2019-ceremony-mark-emperors-30-years-chrysanthemum-throne/|title=Government pencils in February 2019 ceremony to mark Emperor's 30 years on the Chrysanthemum Throne|date=15 February 2018|via=Japan Times Online|access-date=18 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090320/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/15/national/government-pencils-february-2019-ceremony-mark-emperors-30-years-chrysanthemum-throne/|archive-date=19 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Calendars ===
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== Imperial transition ==
[[File:退位礼正殿の儀―平成31年4月30日.webm|thumb|Livestreamed video of the abdication ceremony]]
On 30 April 2019, the Emperor formally announced his formal abdication during a ceremony at the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]].<ref>{{cite news |date=30 April 2019 |title=Japan's Emperor Akihito abdicates |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48020703 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501003243/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48020703 |archive-date=1 May 2019 |access-date=1 May 2019 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Akihito formally ceased to be emperor at midnight [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] on the night between 30 April and 1 May, which heralded the beginning of the Reiwa era.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=McCurry |first=Justin |date=2019-05-01 |title=Japan welcomes new emperor Naruhito as Reiwa era begins |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/01/japan-reiwa-naruhito-emperor |access-date=2024-12-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He received the title of {{Nihongo|Jōkō|上皇|extra=Emperor Emeritus}}, an abbreviation of {{Nihongo|[[Daijō Tennō]]|太上天皇}}, upon abdicating, and his wife, the Empress, became {{Nihongo|Jōkōgō|上皇后|extra=Empress Emerita}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004115774 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208190111/http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004115774 |archive-date=8 December 2017 |access-date=8 December 2017}}</ref> The formal accession ceremony of Emperor Naruhito took place the following morning.<ref name=":1" />
