Year in Japan
2021 in Japanese History
2 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Reiwa period (令和時代, 2019 – present).
Era name: Reiwa era 令和 (year 3 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Aug 6 2021 Tokyo stabbings 小田急線刺傷事件 · Occurrence — 2021 mass stabbing incident in Tokyo, Japan
- Oct 7 2021 Chiba earthquake 千葉県北西部地震 · Natural disaster — 2021 earthquake in Japan
Reading the year 2021 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 2021 corresponds to Reiwa era 令和 (year 3 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 2021年 (2021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.