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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by comex on Monday April 01, 2019 @05:56AM (#19541814)
Even though there's an explanation, I've seen a bunch of negative reaction to the name from Japanese people online because of the association with "command", also linking it to the current prime minister and his relatively militaristic politics.
Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by archgoon on Monday April 01, 2019 @03:43PM (#19547362)
Interesting; came across this Twitter thread with a fairly detailed analysis.

https://mobile.twitter.com/nick_kapur/status/111270395164693...