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Should we plan for a new release around March 2019, if only a point relea=
se?=20
Otherwise, a lot of Japanese text will stop working, due to the expected=20
abdication of Emperor Akihito in April 2019, and the use of a new charact=
er in=20
Japanese-format dates. This differs from ordinary Unicode updates, since =
the new=20
character is likely to be quite common pretty quickly, at least in Japane=
se=20
text. The new character will not be announced until late February 2019,=20
unfortunately. See:

Whistler K. Unicode 12.1 Planning Considerations. 2018-07-16.=20
https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18220-u121planning.txt

Hern A. Big tech warns of 'Japan's millennium bug' ahead of Akihito's=20
abdication. The Guardian. 2018-07-25.=20
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/25/big-tech-warns-japan-m=
illennium-bug-y2k-emperor-akihito-abdication