Il-poplu ħamruniż ifakkar l-ewwel seklu sħiħ ta' ħidmietu u jħares b'fiduċja lejn il-ġejjien iillum fis-sebħ tat-tielet millenju 1 ta' jannar 2000
English translation: "The Japanese people
commemorates the first full century
of his
and confidently looks at the coming
iillum
at dawn of the third millennium
1 January 2000 [AWS Translate]"