I've just imported a car from Japan. There are a number of stickers on the car that I don't need and so I am pulling them off one-by-one. Even though I may not need to keep the stickers, there may be some information on them that may be useful.

One of them says,

自動車検春証の有
期間の満了する日
5年1月21日

Now I think this means, evidence of validity period of vehicle inspection, until year: Reiwa-5 (2023), month: January, day: 21. But, Google Translate doesn't translate the date that way. And neither can I find any reference to referring to 令和 (Reiwa) with just "年". So, I thought I would check. Is the year specified, 2023?

Footnote: Google Translate turns "5年1月21日" into "January 21, 5".

I've just imported a car from Japan. There are a number of stickers on the car that I don't need and so I am pulling them off one-by-one. Even though I may not need to keep the stickers, there may be some information on them that may be useful.

One of them says,

自動車検査証の有効
期間の満了する日
5年1月21日

Now I think this means, evidence of validity period of vehicle inspection, until year: Reiwa-5 (2023), month: January, day: 21. But, Google Translate doesn't translate the date that way. And neither can I find any reference to referring to 令和 (Reiwa) with just "年". So, I thought I would check. Is the year specified, 2023?

Footnote: Google Translate turns "5年1月21日" into "January 21, 5".