At least that was official explanation. I've looked at the kanji's possible meanings though, and they imply "order" or "command".
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Should’ve taken a cue from Reagan and went with “peace through strength”. 
The Manyoshu passage goes like this:
Abe:
I think they might be using a very specific reading for "rei" (other implications aside) which is a type of flower.
Edited by TerminusEst on Mar 31st 2019 at 11:34:37 AM
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Yep. I think they used that one.
Also, Reiwa will not start until May 1. So many peeps are getting into the Heisei to Reiwa celebration.
I got an interesting story.
FUN Fact: I think I've seen this place the last time I was in Roppongi.
A Tokyo restaurant is honouring the crowning of the new Japanese emperor next month with a football-sized wagyu beef hamburger served between gold-dusted buns — at an eye-watering cost of $900.
The juicy three-kilogram (six-pound) whopper, painstakingly prepared by chefs at the swanky Oak Door steakhouse in Tokyo's Roppongi district went on sale Monday.
It measures 25 centimetres (10 inches) in diameter and is topped with foie gras, slices of Japanese beef and freshly shaved black truffles.
"We wanted to do something to celebrate the new emperor and a new era for Japan," head chef Patrick Shimada told AFP at a private unveiling.
"It also gets me more in touch with my Japanese roots," added Shimada, a fourth generation Japanese American who concocted the jumbo dish.
"Doing this through an American-style burger using Japanese ingredients — it's kind of like myself in a bun."
The Golden Giant Burger, which commemorates the coronation of Crown Prince Naruhito on May 1 and marks the ushering in of Japan's new Reiwa Era, will stay on the menu until the end of June — although it costs a king's ransom.
The super-sized feast, which is sprinkled with gold flakes, will set hungry diners back a meaty 100,000 yen ($903) — but comes with a bottle of wine to help soften the blow.
Japan's current Emperor Akihito will abdicate at the end of April, becoming the first living monarch to step down in 200 years, relinquishing the Chrysanthemum Throne to his son.
Japan revealed the name of its new imperial epoch on Monday after 31 years of the Heisei Era.
As chefs get busy grilling their giant burgers, in mediaeval times cooking meat — particularly beef — would have landed them in hot water.
A 1,200-year ban on the consumption of meat in Japan — first decreed in the seventh century on a seasonal basis — saw people severely punished for defying the law and was only ended by the Emperor Meiji in 1872.
Modern Japan, famous for its sushi and rich array of seafood dishes, has whole-heartedly embraced American burger culture since the end of World War II.
"There are so many burger places in Japan these days," said Shimada. "Walk down the street and you can get a burger almost anywhere. Things catch on — and when they catch on in Japan, they kind of blow up."
Honestly, that's the Trump idea of American culture. Want to charge a stupid amount of money for something but can't figure out how to make it sound worth it? Throw foie gras, truffles, and gold leaf on it, whether that actually makes it taste better or not.
Obviously I can't speak for this guy's experiences, but if I were him I'd think twice about whether this was actually honoring any part of my life story.
Edited by RedSavant on Apr 1st 2019 at 3:39:42 PM
It's been fun.
Oh, bother.
Ah, gold leaf. The least cost-effective ingredient ever. It exists only because there are people who think the best way to flaunt wealth and decadence is to literally eat and shit gold.
Edited by M84 on Apr 2nd 2019 at 3:44:39 AM
Disgusted, but not surprised
.. they plan to remilitarize?
There have been rumblings of it for some time.
It's been fun.
Specifically the loosening of Article 9 restrictions.
Japan has been considering to send JGSDF officers to the Sinai.
Already loosened and if anything it's getting more honest. And more practical.
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Alright, a silly question... Are the new Emperor or Abe fans of Eva by any chance?
Spiral out, keep going.
I sincerely doubt it.
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Where did that come from?
...no comments.
Well, I'm fairly sure I know one person who is highly likely to be unhappy with being saddled with something that reminiscent of fascist flights of fancy.
The poor guy whose name it'll become upon death, if he doesn't find a way to change it before he pegs it.
Edited by Euodiachloris on Apr 1st 2019 at 5:03:41 PM
Edited by Millership on Apr 1st 2019 at 7:57:54 PM
Spiral out, keep going.
I wouldn't put too much weight on the name as such, but rather on the note that previous names were from classical Chinese texts. This is from the oldest poetry collection in Japan.
Although known the LDP it's probably just a convenient excuse.
Edited by TerminusEst on Apr 1st 2019 at 7:58:05 AM
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Yeah, "rei" has enough homophones and meanings in Japanese that I doubt most people besides otaku would think of it as a NGE reference.
I don't mean for this to be a rant, but something about certain people who only see Japan through an anime lens just kind of irks me. Don't know if any of you have seen it before.
Edited by Alycus on Apr 1st 2019 at 10:32:12 AM
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Watching Anime led me to learn more about the cultural aspects of the rest of Japan, so thats a plus for me.
Japan is my Dream Vacation destination, too.
Edited by Demongodofchaos2 on Apr 1st 2019 at 2:57:26 PM
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Great place to visit, wouldn't stay for long. Lost my hair thanks to a school year there.
Otherwise, I've done martial arts for most of my life and being part of a traditional ryuha
is a side of culture many people, even in Japan, don't see (or understand).
Edited by TerminusEst on Apr 1st 2019 at 12:30:22 PM
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Seconded.
Lovely vacation destination, but a difficult place to live in, judging from countless accounts. Keep in mind they're also very much ingrained in tradition there, and expect you to adhere rigidly to it.
Edited by TheWildWestPyro on Apr 1st 2019 at 1:00:48 AM
Oh, you can get away with a lot as a foreigner. It's a shitty attitude though, so I wouldn't go screaming "gaijin smash" at every opportunity.
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As for me, I'm fine with just watching from a distance.
It's one thing to make a spectacle. It's another to make a difference.
I heard that the meaning is "Harmonic Peace".
Apparently, Reiwa was inspired by the Manyoshu.
A nine-man panel was used to select the era name and the work was keep as a state secret.
The rules mandated that the era name has to be positive. I'm not sure if "order" or "command" can have a positive thing in the meaning within the two kanjis.
Edited by Ominae on Mar 31st 2019 at 9:46:48 AM