In English it's fine to talk about this/last/next "year" even when referring
to academic/fiscal as opposed to calendar years. Does this work for Japanese
too? For example, in March does it make sense to say, 「来年もよろしくおねがいします」? Or
「来学年もよろしくおねがいします」?

Thanks!
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academic and calendar years
When referring to academic/fiscal year, you use [年度]{ねんど}, as in:

> [来年度]{らいねんど}もよろしくおねがいします。
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来年 is totally fine, especially in this personal/friendly situation. A more
specific term is "年度" (as in 来年度もよろしくお願いします). 年度 is a general term for a year,
starting at convenient date for each context, like academic/fiscal/whatever
year. As both academic and fiscal year start at April in Japan, you can
usually interpret plain "年度" as a April-March period given no context.

So when you need to be clear or in formal contexts, use 年度. Otherwise 年 is
just fine.
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