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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