Year in Japan

2018 in Japanese History

2 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Heisei period (平成時代, 1989 – 2019).

Era name: Heisei era 平成 (year 30 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Jun 18 2018 Osaka earthquake 大阪府北部地震 · Earthquake — earthquake in Japan
Sep 6 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake 北海道胆振東部地震 · Natural disaster — earthquake in Japan

Reading the year 2018 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 2018 corresponds to Heisei era 平成 (year 30 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".

The year itself is read 2018年 (2018ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 21st century for its neighbours.