Japan's 30 years of Heisei Era is nearing an end as Emperor Akihito abdicates on April 30.Here is a photo collection of major events in Japan during the earlier half of the Heisei Era.

(Brokers rush to execute sell orders on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's trading floor in August. Plunging stock prices signaled the end of Japan's asset-inflated "bubble" economy.)
(Juliana's Tokyo discotheque opens in Tokyo in May.)
(Twin sisters, Kin Narita (R) and Gin Kanie, popular on television mark their 100th birthday in Nagoya in August.)
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