> A big issue is that people couldn't finalize any changes until the new era name had been decided and announced, which happened just a few weeks ago on April 1.
Yeah, I was wondering about this line in the article:
> Officials compounded the problem by keeping the new era’s name secret until April 1, just one month before the transition.
Is there any reason, specific to Japanese tradition/convention/bureaucracy to keep the name of the era secret until one month before the actual change? When is the era name actually decided on, and how soon after the abdication of the current emperor?
Yeah, I was wondering about this line in the article:
> Officials compounded the problem by keeping the new era’s name secret until April 1, just one month before the transition.
Is there any reason, specific to Japanese tradition/convention/bureaucracy to keep the name of the era secret until one month before the actual change? When is the era name actually decided on, and how soon after the abdication of the current emperor?