A man displays a plastic folder inscribed with the word "Heisei" while standing behind a mock TV set at the Tsukuba Annex of the National Archives of Japan in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Monday. The archives introduced the prop to allow visitors to relive the moment in 1989 when then Chief Cabinet Secretary Keizo Obuchi announced "Heisei" as the name of the new Imperial era (seen in the background). The archives possesses the "Heisei no Sho" (Heisei calligraphy) that Obuchi presented during the announcement, and the main archives and annex began selling plastic folders printed with the inscription last spring. Only visitors who buy the folder can take their photo through the frame. As of Monday, the annex's stock of 260 folders had sold out, though it expects to receive more from the main archives in late February.
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