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Reiwa: Get Ready for the Age of Harmony and Auspicious Plum Blossom Viewing

By Peter Tasker | April 2, 2019 | Comment (0)

The Western system makes the future seem predictable and mappable. Under gengo the future is radically uncertain.

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