Originally Posted by
sodaisei
Every single day TV is going to be "the last XX of the heisei era".
Looking on the bright side, it's nice to be able to end an era without having to mourn a death. At the time when the last emperor was dying, people told me that it put a real damper on the mood in Japan - Even when there was something to celebrate, many people didn't want to be seen to be celebrating, and some people made an ostentatious display of their sober mood.