Unicode Version 12.1 released in support of the Reiwa Era

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Version 12.1 <http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode12.1.0/> of the
Unicode Standard is now available with updated data files. This version
adds a single important character, the square ligature for the name of
the new Japanese era, Reiwa (令和), for a total of 137,929 characters.

This new character in Version 12.1 adds critical support for those
Japanese implementations that depend on the ligature form of Japanese
era names when presenting calendar information. The Unicode Consortium
and its members are pleased to add support for this important new
character with a timely release of Unicode Version 12.1, shortly after
the selection of the name was finalized by the Japanese government. The
Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) and International
Components for Unicode (ICU) have also been updated for the new calendar
data during this time.

Critical data files have been updated for Version 12.1, including:

    * Unicode Character Database—UCD data files
    * Unicode Collation Algorithm—DUCET data files

The Unicode Standard is the foundation for all modern software and
communications around the world, including operating systems, browsers,
laptops, and smart phones—plus the Internet and Web (URLs, HTML, XML,
CSS, JSON, etc.). The Unicode Standard and its associated standards and
data form the foundation for CLDR and ICU releases.

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