When the new era begins, Japan’s tech could malfunction Naomi Aoki/Getty
Japan has an impending millennium bug problem. In the lead up to the turn of the millennium, few computers were able to properly represent the year 2000, leaving people worried about what would happen when midnight on New Year鈥檚 eve struck. Now the same issues could arise in Japan when the current emperor steps down in April next year.
The Japanese calendar is based on era names that coincide with the rule of its emperors. We鈥檝e been in the Heisei or 鈥減eace everywhere鈥 era since Japan鈥檚 current emperor,…
