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I was looking at the heisei wiki page and I wondered how you would refer to future dates in the japanese calendar?
For example would 'The 2020 olympics' be '[平成]{へいせい}３２[年]{ねん}のオリンピック'? Is there some standard?
If this was on a web page and an era change occurred would you need to update it?
平成 will last until the Emperor's death. So, until that happens, every future year is stated as 平成. If he were to pass away, then there would be a new name decided upon, and that year would be the final year of 平成 (up to day of his death) and the [元年]{がんねん} of the next era (starting from the day after his death). Once the change happens, obviously any dates that go past the end of 平成 would have to be updated.
For international events, though, there is a tendency to use [西暦]{せいれき}...
