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	Many Japanese releases have two dates encoded on the packaging. These dates are a part of Japan's fifty-year-old [http://nippop.com/features/feature_id-8/ ''saihan seido''] system, which allows publishers to set a minimum retail price (typically printed on the packaging) for which an item may be sold.		Many Japanese releases have two dates encoded on the packaging. These dates are a part of Japan's fifty-year-old [http://nippop.com/features/feature_id-8/ ''saihan seido''] system, which allows publishers to set a minimum retail price (typically printed on the packaging) for which an item may be sold.

	When two dates appear, the earlier date is the item's release date and the later is the date after which the ''saihan'' pricing restrictions are lifted. A typical example is Ｘ～８８ • ２ • ２４　Ｏ • ２ • ２５, which hides the earlier date (February 25, 1987) behind a letter code.		When two dates appear, the earlier date is the item's release date and the later is the date after which the ''saihan'' pricing restrictions are lifted. A typical example is {{nowrap\|Ｘ～８８ • ２ • ２４　Ｏ • ２ • ２５}, which hides the earlier date (February 25, 1987) behind a letter code.

	The date pairs do not always appear together. On one release of Propaganda's ''A Secret Wish'' the ''saihan'' date 再＇９６ • ５ • ９まで is on the front of the obi, while the earlier release date ９４ • ５ • １０（９４ • ５） Ⓧ Ⓨ is on the back. (In this example, 再...まで translates roughly to "resale...until".)		The date pairs do not always appear together. On one release of Propaganda's ''A Secret Wish'' the ''saihan'' date {{nowrap\|再＇９６ • ５ • ９まで}} is on the front of the obi, while the earlier release date {{nowrap\|９４ • ５ • １０（９４ • ５） Ⓧ Ⓨ}} is on the back. (In this example, {{nowrap\|再...まで}} translates roughly to "resale...until".)

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Many Japanese releases include a code representing the item's '''release date''' in year-month-day format. Sometimes these appear in a box on the back of the sleeve, while other times they will appear on the [[obi]] (the information sheet wrapped around the outside of the packaging), and there is often more than one date listed.

== Letters Representing Years ==

Sometimes a release code will use a letter in the place of the year, such as Ｈ • ９ • ５. The following letter-to-date translations have been noted:

* Ｎ = 1984
* Ｉ = 1985
* Ｈ = 1986
* Ｏ = 1987
* Ｒ = 1988
* Ｅ = 1989
* Ｃ = 1990

Using this list we can see that our example code of Ｈ • ９ • ５ translates to September 5, 1986.

== One Release, Multiple Dates ==

Many Japanese releases have two dates encoded on the packaging. These dates are a part of Japan's fifty-year-old [http://nippop.com/features/feature_id-8/ ''saihan seido''] system, which allows publishers to set a minimum retail price (typically printed on the packaging) for which an item may be sold.

When two dates appear, the earlier date is the item's release date and the later is the date after which the ''saihan'' pricing restrictions are lifted. A typical example is Ｘ～８８ • ２ • ２４　Ｏ • ２ • ２５, which hides the earlier date (February 25, 1987) behind a letter code.

The date pairs do not always appear together. On one release of Propaganda's ''A Secret Wish'' the ''saihan'' date 再＇９６ • ５ • ９まで is on the front of the obi, while the earlier release date ９４ • ５ • １０（９４ • ５） Ⓧ Ⓨ is on the back. (In this example, 再...まで translates roughly to "resale...until".)

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