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		TazeTSchnitzel on March 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New emperor, new era: How a single word defines Ja... The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (aka North Korea) uses what is basically the same scheme, and calls it the Juche calendar. That it counts from the same year is coincidental.

sanxiyn on March 30, 2019 [–]

Even more coincidence: Japanese era Taisho also counts from the same year (1912).

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