The Hei Sei Era has officially ended and the Rei Wa Era has begun. The announcement of the retirement of the emperor and assumption of his successor is being made at this very moment. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190401/p2a/00m/0na/004000c
It's interesting that Japan consciously has "eras", amongst other interesting things. Amazing people, amazing culture... hope I'm able to experience it first hand some day.
Needless to say, the news has dominated the media for the past 24 hours. Newspapers immediately went into overdrive printing special editions and such. Nearly every person in the country with the same characters in their name has been interviewed on tv.
Japan announced the name of its new era "Reiwa", and within hours, a rock band named Golden Bomber had a song out by the same name to celebrate.
Is this the one with a different Y Chromosome or was that the last one? The End of the Japanese Andrachy. Please educate. I'm fuzzy on this stuff.