Year to Heisei or Showa

Almost all of my friends from foreign countries face problem when they need to convert Year to Heisei or Showa. 'This year 2008 is Hesie what???' Please refer to below list. Sometimes you need to fill in in this style for official documents in Japan. Even Japanese are sometimes confused. (Sometimes people call '1 nen' 'Gan nen'.)

Heisei = '平成'　Showa = '昭和'

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year 2009 = Heisei 21 nen

year 2008 = Heisei 20 nen

year 2007 = Heisei 19 nen

year 2006 = Heisei 18 nen

year 2005 = Heisei 17 nen

year 2004 = Heisei 16 nen

year 2003 = Heisei 15 nen

year 2002 = Heisei 14 nen

year 2001 = Heisei 13 nen

year 2000 = Heisei 12 nen

year 1999 = Heisei 11 nen

year 1998 = Heisei 10 nen

year 1997 = Heisei 9 nen

year 1996 = Heisei 8 nen

year 1995 = Heisei 7 nen

year 1994 = Heisei 6 nen

year 1993 = Heisei 5 nen

year 1992 = Heisei 4 nen

year 1991 = Heisei 3 nen

year 1990 = Heisei 2 nen

year 1989 = Heisei 1 nen (Showa 64 nen)

year 1988 = Showa 63 nen

year 1987 = Showa 62 nen

year 1986 = Showa 61 nen

year 1985 = Showa 60 nen

year 1984 = Showa 59 nen

year 1983 = Showa 58 nen

year 1982 = Showa 57 nen

year 1981 = Showa 56 nen

year 1980 = Showa 55 nen

year 1979 = Showa 54 nen

year 1978 = Showa 53 nen

year 1977 = Showa 52 nen

year 1976 = Showa 51 nen

year 1975 = Showa 50 nen Year to Taisho or Meiji year 1926 = Showa 1 nen (Taisho 15 nen) year 1912 = Taisho 1 nen (Meiji 45 nen) year 1900 = Meiji 33 nen Taisho = '大正'　Meiji = '明治'