diff --git a/num2words/lang_JA.py b/num2words/lang_JA.py
index 58a2946..1e0e622 100644
--- a/num2words/lang_JA.py
+++ b/num2words/lang_JA.py
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ ERA_START = [
     (1912, ("大正", "たいしょう")),
     (1926, ("昭和", "しょうわ")),
     (1989, ("平成", "へいせい")),
+    (2019, ("令和", "れいわ")),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_ja.py b/tests/test_ja.py
index eaac20b..42da144 100644
--- a/tests/test_ja.py
+++ b/tests/test_ja.py
@@ -163,6 +163,21 @@ class Num2WordsJATest(TestCase):
                          "はちじゅうきゅうえん")
 
     def test_year(self):
+        self.assertEqual(n2j(2021, to="year"), "令和三年")
+        self.assertEqual(n2j(2021, to="year", reading=True),
+                         "れいわさんねん")
+        self.assertEqual(n2j(2021, to="year", reading="arabic"),
+                         "令和3年")
+        self.assertEqual(n2j(2019, to="year"), "令和元年")
+        self.assertEqual(n2j(2019, to="year", reading=True),
+                         "れいわがんねん")
+        self.assertEqual(n2j(2019, to="year", reading="arabic"),
+                         "令和1年")
+        self.assertEqual(n2j(2018, to="year"), "平成三十年")
+        self.assertEqual(n2j(2018, to="year", reading=True),
+                         "へいせいさんじゅうねん")
+        self.assertEqual(n2j(2018, to="year", reading="arabic"),
+                         "平成30年")
         self.assertEqual(n2j(2017, to="year"), "平成二十九年")
         self.assertEqual(n2j(2017, to="year", reading=True),
                          "へいせいにじゅうくねん")
@@ -176,8 +191,6 @@ class Num2WordsJATest(TestCase):
                          "にせんねん")
         self.assertEqual(n2j(645, to="year"), "大化元年")
         self.assertEqual(n2j(645, to="year", reading=True), "たいかがんねん")
-        self.assertEqual(n2j(645, to="year"), "大化元年")
-        self.assertEqual(n2j(645, to="year", reading=True), "たいかがんねん")
         self.assertEqual(n2j(-99, to="year", era=False), "紀元前九十九年")
         self.assertEqual(n2j(-99, to="year", era=False, reading=True),
                          "きげんぜんきゅうじゅうくねん")