Shortly after the death of the Emperor, Keizō Obuchi, then Chief Cabinet Secretary and later Prime Minister of Japan, announced the end of the Shōwa era, and heralded the new era name "Heisei" for the new Emperor, and explained its meaning.
Nedugo nakon smrti cara, Keizo Obuchi glavni tajnik kabineta, a kasnije premijer Japana, objavio je kraj ere Shōwa, a najavljena je nova era naziv "Heisei" za novog nadolazećeg cara, i objasnio značenje imena.