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Western Calendar |
Japanese Patents |
Overseas Patents |
Social Trends |
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1400 |
1474 |
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1500 |
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1600 |
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1623 |
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1700 |
1752 1790 1791 |
1787 |
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1800 |
1814 1815 1851 1867 |
1853 |
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1868 |
1877 |
1868 |
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1880 |
1884 (year 17 of the Meiji Era) 1885 (year 18 of the Meiji Era) 1888 (year 21 of the Meiji Era) |
1887 |
1885 |
1890 |
1890 (year 23 of the Meiji Era) 1892 (year 25 of the Meiji Era) 1894 (year 27 of the Meiji Era) |
1893 1895 |
1890 1893 1897 |
1900 |
1905 (year 38 of the Meiji Era) 1908 (year 41 of the Meiji Era) |
1904 1909 |
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1912 |
1913 (year 2 of the Taisho Era) |
1917 |
1914 |
1920 |
1925 (year 14 of the Taisho Era) |
1922 1923 |
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1926 |
1926 (first year of the Showa Era) |
1928 |
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1930 |
1934 (year 9 of the Showa Era) |
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1940 |
1941 |
1941 1945 |
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1950 |
1950 (year 25 of the Showa Era) 1959 (year 34 of the Showa Era) |
1952 1958 |
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1960 |
1963 (year 38 of the Showa Era) 1967 (year 42 of the Showa Era) |
1967 |
1964 |
1970 |
1975 (year 50 of the Showa Era) 1978 (year 60 of the Showa Era) |
1973 |
1970 1972 |
1980 1989 |
1985 (year 60 of the Showa Era) 1989 (first year of the Heisei Era) |
1982 1988 |
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1990 |
1990 (year 2 of the Heisei Era) 1992 (year 4 of the Heisei Era) 1994 (year 6 of the Heisei Era) 1995 (year 7 of the Heisei Era) 1996 (year 8 of the Heisei Era) 1997 (year 9 of the Heisei Era) 1998 (year 10 of the Heisei Era) 1999 (year 11 of the Heisei Era) |
1995 |
1992 1995 1998 |
2000 |
2000 (year 12 of the Heisei Era) 2001 (year 13 of the Heisei Era) 2002 (year 14 of the Heisei Era) 2003 (year 15 of the Heisei Era) |
2001 |
2001 2002 |
[Last updated 20 August 2003]